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Coalbed Methane
Natural gas and Coalbed Methane, south central Alberta, initiated in 2003
EnCana's Integrated Horseshoe Canyon Coalbed Methane (CBM) resource play has been guided by our multi-decade experience in southern Alberta shallow gas operations. After nearly 50 years of producing gas from shallow depths trapped in porous rock formations, EnCana is now unlocking coalbed methane trapped in molecule sized pores within hydrocarbon matrix of the coal seams.
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Potential from this resource base is substantial. With extensive gas gathering pipelines and processing facilities already in place from shallow gas development, CBM production can be efficiently and economically brought on stream. In addition, some existing well bores are being re-completed to produce gas from both sands and coal. Most of our CBM activity is focused on the dry coal seams of the Horseshoe Canyon formation. Natural gas and Coalbed Methane production averaged 259 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d) in 2007. |
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