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Capacity Building Workshop on Best Practices in Coal Mine Methane Capture and Utilization 24 - 25 July 2018

24 - 25 July 2018
Hotel Radisson AR Bogota Colombia

Hotel Radisson AR, Bogota, Colombia

 

A two day-long capacity-building workshop on Best Practices in Coal Mine Methane (CMM) Capture and Utilization was delivered jointly by the UNECE Group of Experts on CMM and the Global Methane Initiative (GMI) on 24-25 July 2018 in Bogota, Columbia. 

Over the last decade Colombia has been actively participating in the work of the UNECE Group of Experts on CMM. 

The Invitation for the Group of Experts to deliver a workshop in the country was extended by UPME - the Unit for Mining and Energy Planning of the Ministry of Mines and Energy.

However, the list of institutions that were represented at the event was much longer and included the following:

All the above institutions had been consulted during the fact-finding mission to the country that the Group organized in March 2018. The mission was conducted in order to assess the CMM conditions on the ground and enable the Group of Experts to prepare a capacity-building activity addressing the most important local problems and needs in the field in question.

On the basis of the information gathered by the experts during their initial visit to Colombia the following subjects were identified as key issues requiring Group's attention:

  • Calculation of Methane Gas Reserves in Coal Beds;
  • Mine Safety;
  • Ventilation;
  • Drainage and Co-Development of Coal and Gas Resources;
  • Abandoned Mine Methane;
  • CMM/AMM/VAM Project Development.

Please see below a report from the fact-finding mission.

As a result, the above-mentioned issues constituted the thematic blocks that were discussed at the workshop.

To learn more about the event please see below its agenda and the presentations delivered in its course. 

Please also see a news article related to the event. 

Agenda

Document Title  & Symbol ENG FRE RUS
Agenda  PDF  

Presentations

Title ENG
Session One: CMM/AMM/VAM Project Development  
Experiences of a Local Project Developer
Speaker from Drummond
PDF
Overview of CMM Project Development Studies in Colombia
Mr. Ruben Dario Chanci, UPME 
PDF
Pre-feasibility Study of Methane Drainage at the San Juaquin Mine, Antioquia, Colombia 
Mr. Jonathan Kelafant, Advanced Resources International (ARI)
PDF
Session Two: Calculation of Methane Gas Reserves in Coal Beds  
Is there methane gas potential in Colombia?
Mr. Jorge Eliecer Mariño Martinez 
PDF
Estimating CMM Resources and Converting them to Reserves
Mr. Raymond C. Pilcher, UNECE Group of Experts on Coal Mine Methane
PDF
Standard Techniques for Sampling and Data Analysis to Estimate CMM/CBM Reserves
Mr. Jonathan Kelafant, Advanced Resources International (ARI)
PDF
Session Three: Drainage and Co-Development of Coal and Gas Resources  
CBM potential in carboniferous zones of Cundinamarca, Boyacá and Santander
Mr. Marco Antonio Rincón Mesa, Servicio Geológico Colombiano
PDF
Pre-Mine Drainage in Poland (Part 1)
Mr. Jacek Skiba, Experimental Mine "Barbara", GIG - Central Mining Institute;
PDF
Pre-Mine Drainage in Poland (Part 2)
Mr. Lukasz Kroplewski, PGNiG - Polish Oil and Gas Company
PDF
Co-Development of Coal and Gas Resources – Coal Mining in an Established Gas Field
Mr. Raymond C. Pilcher, UNECE Group of Experts on Coal Mine Methane
PDF
Session Four: Mine Safety   
Introduction to a Practical Risk Assessment Tool for Explosion Prevention
Ms. Felicia Ruiz, Climate Change Division, United States Environmental Protection Agency, for Mr. David Creedy, Sindicatum Sustainable Resources
PDF
New Directions in R&D aiming to decrease methane hazard and to increase CMM capture - based on GIG experience
Mr. Jacek Skiba, Experimental Mine "Barbara", GIG - Central Mining Institute
PDF
Session Five: Ventilation   
Overview of Ventilation Characteristics, Practices, and Challenges in Colombia
Ms. Gloria Catalina Gheorghe, ANM
PDF
Good Practices in Effective Ventilation of Underground Coal Mines - U.S. Practices and Regulations
Ms. Susan B. Patton, Agapito Associates, Inc.
PDF
Good Practices in Effective Ventilation of Underground Coal Mines - Polish Practices and Regulations
Mr. Henryk Koptoń, Gas Hazard Control Department, GIG - Central Mining Institute
PDF
VAM processing - international experiences from proven technology 
Mr. Richard Mattus, RM Business Consulting
PDF
Session Six: Abandoned Mine Methane  
AMM utilization - Experiences of methods for utilizing of low-quality methane as energy source, applicable for abandoned mining methane 
Mr. Richard Mattus, RM Business Consulting
PDF
Best Practices in Transition from Operating Mine to Abandoned Mine Methane - Case study: Closed Mine, Mongua, Boyaca
Speaker from Argos
PDF

Fact-Finding Mission

Document Title  & Symbol ENG FRE RUS
Report  PDF