Natural Gas from Coal and Shale I Room Ted Link Rm Co-Chairs: M. Bustin and A. Beaton
8:00 --	Introductory Remarks
8:05 --	R. M. Bustin, X. Cui: Volumetric Strain Associated with Methane Desorption and Its Impact on Coalbed Gas Production from Deep Coal Seams
8:25 --	C. Pana, A. Beaton, D. Wynne, M. Berhane: Sandstone Channels and Associated Coal-Bearing Strata in Scollard Formation, West-Central Alberta
8:45 --	W. C. Riese, G. K. Arp, A. Sanford, G. Snyder, W. L. Pelzmann: Methane Seeps, Public Hazards, and Seismicity: Hydrocarbon System Analysis of Coalbed Methane in the San Juan Basin as a Tool to Understanding
9:05 --	R. H. Meek, J. R. Levine: Delineation of Four “Type Producing Areas” (TPAs) in the Fruitland Coal Bed Gas Field, New Mexico and Colorado, Using Production History Data
9:25 --	W. B. Ayers, Jr, S. K. Ruhl, M. F. Hoffmann, J. A. Rushing, D. A. McVay, R. I. Ramazanova: Assessment of Resource Characteristics and Methane Content of Low-Rank Coals, Wilcox Group, East-Central Texas
9:45 --	Break
10:05 --	J. Pashin: Coalbed Methane Exploration in Thrust Belts: Experience from the Southern Appalachians, U.S.A
10:25 --	P. D. Warwick, F. C. Breland: Geochemical and Stable Isotope Analysis of the Wilcox Group Coal-Bed Gas and Related Petroleum Systems of Northern Louisiana, U.S.A
10:45 --	D. J. K. Ross, R. M. Bustin: Early Jurassic Nordegg Member, Northeastern British Columbia: Gas Shale Potential
11:05 --	A. R. Dutton, H. L. Chen: Application of a Regional Groundwater Flow Model to Provide Boundary Conditions for Local Coalbed Natural Gas Extraction Models in the Powder River Basin
11:25 --	K. Rakhit, B. Faraj: Effect of Paleo-Fluid-Flow-Induced Mineralization of the Ardley Coals on Development of a Major Regional Seal in the Alberta Basin, Canada