Advanced Resources (and our predecessor companies) have a rich history in the coalbed methane (CBM) industry. ARI staff were involved with the very first U.S. CBM pilots in the 1970’s in the Black Warrior basin of Alabama, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy and performed primarily to investigate a new mine degasification technology. In the 1980’s, we were a major contractor to the Gas Research Institute’s (GRI, predecessor to the Gas Technology Institute) CBM program. As part of that program, we performed most of GRI’s basin CBM resource assessments, developed the initial version of our COMET3 reservoir simulator for coalbed methane and gas shale reservoirs, and were the lead reservoir engineering contractor to GRI’s major field test sites – the Rock Creek Multiple Coal Seams Completions project in the Warrior basin, and the Deep Coal Seams and COAL projects in the San Juan basin.

Since the initial GRI program, ARI has worked for commercial ventures in some capacity in almost every CBM basin around the world. Currently, in addition to our extensive worldwide. In addition to our extensive worldwide CBM consulting practice, ARI is currently managing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Coalbed Methane Outreach Program, and is at the forefront of the next phase of CBM development, enhanced coalbed methane (ECBM) recovery via gas injection. ARI’s Executive Vice President, Scott Reeves, was an SPE Distinguished Lecturer during 2003/03 on the topic of “Enhanced Coalbed Methane Recovery”.

A listing of selected coalbed methane (CBM) publications, papers and reports is provided in the Literature page under the following sections..

Unconventional Gas
Tight Sands
Coalbed Methane
Gas Shales
Enhanced Oil Recovery
Carbon Sequestration
Gas Storage
Other