American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) FEMP Technical Assistance

doi:10.2172/993546

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DOI	10.2172/993546
报告编号	INL/EXT-10-19395
来源ID	OSTI ID: 993546
	American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) FEMP Technical Assistance
	Robert P. Breckenridge; Thomas R. Wood
	2010-08-01
出版年	2010
语种	英语
国家	美国
领域	地球科学
英文摘要	The purpose of this document is to evaluate the opportunity for Letterkenny Army Depot (LEAD or the Depot) to utilize biogenic methane, which may be available in shale formations under the Depot, to provide a supplemental source of natural gas that could allow the Depot to increase energy independence. Both the Director and Deputy of Public Works at the Depot are supportive in general of a methane production project, but wanted to better understand the challenges prior to embarking on such a project. This report will cover many of these issues. A similar project has been successfully developed by the U. S. Army at Ft. Knox, KY, which will be explained and referred to throughout this report as a backdrop to discussing the challenges and opportunities at LEAD, because the geologic formations and possibilities at both sites are similar. Prior to discussing the opportunity at LEAD, it is important to briefly discuss the successful methane recovery operation at Ft. Knox, because it is applicable to the projected approach for the LEAD methane system. The Ft. Knox project is an excellent example of how the U. S. Army can use an onsite renewable resource to provide a secure energy source that is not dependent on regional energy networks and foreign oil. At Ft. Knox, the U. S. Army contracted (through a utility co-op) with an energy production company to drill wells, establish a distribution infrastructure, and provide the equipment needed to prepare and compress the produced methane gas for use by base operations. The energy production company agreed to conduct the exploratory investigation at Ft. Knox with no cost to the government, as long as they could be granted a long-term contract if a reliable energy resource was established. The Depot is located, in part, over an Ordovician Age shale formation that may have the potential for producing biogenic methane, similar to the Devonian Age shale found beneath Ft. Knox. However, the Ordovician Age Shale beneath the Letterkenny Depot is not known to have any currently producing gas wells.
英文关键词	Federal Energy Management Program Ft. Knox Letterkenny Army Depot methane gas
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来源平台	US Department of Energy (DOE)
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文献类型	科技报告
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/4726
专题	地球科学
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Robert P. Breckenridge,Thomas R. Wood. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) FEMP Technical Assistance,2010.