Kansas Energy Sources: A Geological Review |
| |
Authors: | Daniel F Merriam Lawrence L Brady K David Newell |
| |
Institution: | (1) University of Kansas, West Campus, 1930 Constant Avenue, Lawrence, KS 66047, USA;(2) Kansas Geological Survey, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66047, USA |
| |
Abstract: | Kansas produces both conventional energy (oil, gas, and coal) and nonconventional (coalbed gas, wind, hydropower, nuclear,
geothermal, solar, and biofuels) and ranks the 22nd in state energy production in the U.S. Nonrenewable conventional petroleum
is the most important energy source with nonrenewable, nonconventional coalbed methane gas becoming increasingly important.
Many stratigraphic units produce oil and/or gas somewhere in the state with the exception of the Salina Basin in north-central
Kansas. Coalbed methane is produced from shallow wells drilled into the thin coal units in southeastern Kansas. At present,
only two surface coal mines are active in southeastern Kansas. Although Kansas has been a major exporter of energy in the
past (it ranked first in oil production in 1916), now, it is an energy importer. |
| |
Keywords: | |
本文献已被 SpringerLink 等数据库收录! |
|