Kansas Energy Sources: A Geological Review
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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.
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| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Kansas Energy Sources: A Geological Review |
| Series title | Natural Resources Research |
| DOI | 10.1007/s11053-011-9164-y |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Year Published | 2012 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | International Association for Mathematical Geology. |
| Description | 13 p. |
| First page | 163 |
| Last page | 175 |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kansas |
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