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HORIZONTAL COAL SEAM [5 records]

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Record 1 2002-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lignite, Graphite and Coal Mining
CONT

A drift mine is a mine in which the entry is directly into a horizontal coal seam exposed at or near the surface.

OBS

level coal seam: Source: EMR Strata Control Conference, paper 1, fig. 4.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploit. de charbons fossiles autres que la tourbe
OBS

L'inclinaison des veines de charbon varie de l'horizontale («plateures» entre 0 et 30° d'inclinaison) à la verticale («dressants» pour une inclinaison [supérieure à] 65°.

Key term(s)
  • veine de charbon en plateure

Spanish

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Record 2 1999-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lignite, Graphite and Coal Mining
  • Economic Geology
CONT

Short and medium radius horizontal drilling techniques for coalbed methane recovery have been successfully demonstrated. Short radius technique was used by Gas Resources Institute(GRI)/Resource Enterprises, Inc. in the No. 3 Deep Seam gas well drilled into the Cameo "D" coal Seam, Piceance Basin, Colorado. The Department of Energy and GRI used medium radius technique successfully at their Rocky Mountain No. 1 site in the Hanna Basin, Wyoming, targeting the Hanna coal seam at 363 foot depth.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploit. de charbons fossiles autres que la tourbe
  • Géologie économique
OBS

Voir aussi «filon de charbon» (ou «filon houiller», «couche de charbon», en anglais : «coal seam») dans TERMIUM.

Spanish

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Record 3 1999-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geological and Other Scientific Names
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
  • Toponymy
OBS

Short and medium radius horizontal drilling techniques for coalbed methane recovery have been successfully demonstrated. Short radius technique was used by Gas Resources Institute(GRI)/Resource Enterprises, Inc. in the No. 3 Deep Seam gas well drilled into the Cameo "D" coal Seam, Piceance Basin, Colorado. The Department of Energy and GRI used medium radius technique successfully at their Rocky Mountain No. 1 site in the Hanna Basin, Wyoming, targeting the Hanna coal seam at 363 foot depth.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms géologiques ou scientifiques
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
  • Toponymie
OBS

bassin de Hanna : Équivalent confirmé par Linda Guay, rédactrice en chef administrative, Division de l'information géoscientifique, et par Robert Bélanger, chef, Services scientifiques, Ressources naturelles Canada.

Spanish

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Record 4 1999-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geological and Other Scientific Names
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
  • Toponymy
OBS

Short and medium radius horizontal drilling techniques for coalbed methane recovery have been successfully demonstrated. Short radius technique was used by Gas Resources Institute(GRI)/Resource Enterprises, Inc. in the No. 3 Deep Seam gas well drilled into the Cameo "D" Coal Seam, Piceance Basin, Colorado. The Department of Energy and GRI used medium radius technique successfully at their Rocky Mountain No. 1 site in the Hanna Basin, Wyoming, targeting the Hanna coal seam at 363 foot depth.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms géologiques ou scientifiques
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
  • Toponymie
OBS

bassin de Piceance : Équivalent confirmé par Linda Guay, rédactrice en chef administrative, Division de l'information géoscientifique, et par Robert Bélanger, chef, Services scientifiques, Ressources naturelles Canada.

Spanish

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Record 5 1999-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mining Equipment and Tools
DEF

A coal cutter in which the horizontal jib can be adjusted vertically to cut at different levels in the seam; for example, an overcut.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage et équipement (Exploitation minière)
CONT

En Angleterre, on utilise aussi quelquefois la haveuse à tourelle hydraulique, réglable en hauteur pendant l'opération même de havage. On peut ainsi suivre un banc déterminé malgré ses variations de position. Mais la complication mécanique d'une telle machine est grande, ce qui a fait renoncer à son emploi sur le continent.

Spanish

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