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Mining Publication: Methane Content of Gulf Coast Domal Rock Salt
Keywords: Gas emissions Methane Methane control Salts
Original creation date: January 1984
Authors: SJ Schatzel, DM Hyman
Report of Investigations - January 1984
Download PDF Document (2.79 MB)
NIOSHTIC2 Number: 10004009
Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, RI 8889, 1984 Jan; :1-18
Large-scale methane releases in domal salt mines have resulted in ignitions and mine fatalities as recently as 1979. Several past studies have implied that hazardous methane occurrences in U.S. salt domes are distributed neither uniformly nor randomly, but are geologically controlled and potentially predictable. A first step by the Bureau of Mines in addressing the problem of methane in domal salt mines required development of a new test to determine volumes of gases in solid salt samples. This report considers the results achieved when 80 domal salt samples were tested for gas content by dissolution in a controlled atmosphere chamber. Criteria were organized to delineate salt types based on geological occurrence. The presence of higher hydrocarbons was most common in samples containing larger quantities of methane. The presence of higher hydrocarbons appears to be useful in detecting methane hazards where some methane may be lost before gas content testing. An exploratory rotary and/or core drilling program, dissolution testing for gas content, and up-to-date geologic mine mapping could allow a mine operator to assess methane hazards in domal salt.
Image of publication Methane Content of Gulf Coast Domal Rock SaltReport of Investigations - January 1984
Download PDF Document (2.79 MB)
NIOSHTIC2 Number: 10004009
Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, RI 8889, 1984 Jan; :1-18
See Also
Assessment of Methane Hazards in an Anomalous Zone of a Gulf Coast Salt Dome
Development and Application of Reservoir Models and Artificial Neural Networks for Optimizing Ventilation Air Requirements in Development Mining of Coal Seams
Evaluation of the Relative Importance of Coalbed Reservoir Parameters for Prediction of Methane Inflow Rates During Mining of Longwall Development Entries
Guidelines for the Control and Monitoring of Methane Gas on Continuous Mining Operations
Influence of Overlying Strata on Methane Emissions in a Northern West Virginia Coal Mine
Investigation of Methane Emissions From an Advancing Face in the Belle Isle Domal Salt Mine, Louisiana
Investigation of Methane Occurrence and Outbursts in the Cote Blanche Domal Salt Mine, Louisiana
Modeling and Prediction of Ventilation Methane Emissions of U.S. Longwall Mines Using Supervised Artificial Neural Networks
Remote Methane Sensors
Reservoir Rock Properties of Coal Measure Strata of the Lower Monongahela Group, Greene County (Southwestern Pennsylvania), from Methane Control and Production Perspectives
Page last reviewed: September 21, 2012
Page last updated: September 21, 2012
Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program
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