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The concept of harnessing energy from fossil fuel by gasification of coal in the ground has been revived with the aim to increase usuable coal reserves and to minimize the environmental impacts of mining and other problems. We report here the characteristics of liquids formed as a by-product of an underground gasification pilot test burn of a Cretaceous coal seam at a central Alberta location. The simplicity of the composition of liquids produced suggests that in situ coal gasification may be an economically viable source of refinery feeds or fuel.
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Chakrabartty, S., Selucky, M. Characteristics of in situ coal gasification liquids from a cretaceous coal. Nature 316, 244–246 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1038/316244a0
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