Energy and Earth Resources Projects

Projects are listed alphabetically by principal investigator and may be listed under multiple topics.

Additional projects

Coal and Mining

Revision and Update of Publication: Planned Coal Mine Subsidence in Illinois   Bob Bauer

Preparation of 7.5-minute Quadrangle Maps and Directories of Mined-Out Areas    Cheri Chenoweth

Photographic History of Coal Mining in Illinois    Cheri Chenoweth

Feasibility Study of Integrated Gasification Combined-Cycle Slag for Fired Brick Manufacturing    Melissa Chou

Making Fired Bricks with Spent Equilibrium Catalyst: A Technical Feasibility Study    Melissa Chou

Manufacturing Fired Brick with Class "F" Fly Ash from Illinois Basin Coals    Melissa Chou

Market for Sulfur from Coal Gasification Facilities in Illinois and Surrounding States    Melissa Chou

Characterization and Feasibility of Using Produced Water from CO2 Enhanced Oil Recovery, Coal Bed Methane, and Coal Mines in Illinois in Coal-based Power Generation Industry    Seyed Dastgheib

Illinois Basin Coal Correlation Project   Scott Elrick

Maintenance of Coal Resource Data, Office of Mines and Minerals    Scott Elrick

Management of Illinois Coal Resources Data FY2005–FY2010: Contributions to National Coal Resources Data System    Scott Elrick

Interactive Map Services for Coal Mined Areas and Resource Data    Chris Korose

Cleat and Fracture Development in Illinois Coals    Dave Morse

On-site Production of Activated Carbon for Mercury Control from Coal Power Plants    Massoud Rostam-Abadi

Studies of Advanced Mercury Sorbents and Technologies    Massoud Rostam-Abadi

Radioactive Elements in Coal Combustion Products: Disposal and Utilization Issues    William Roy

Energy and Environmental Engineering

Feasibility Study of Integrated Gasification Combined-Cycle Slag for Fired Brick Manufacturing    Melissa Chou

Making Fired Bricks with Spent Equilibrium Catalyst: A Technical Feasibility Study    Melissa Chou

Manufacturing Fired Bricks with Class "F" Fly Ash from Illinois Basin Coals    Melissa Chou

Characterization and Feasibility of Using Produced Water from CO2 Enhanced Oil Recovery, Coal Bed Methane, and Coal Mines in Illinois in Coal-based Power Generation Industry    Seyed Dastgheib

On-site Production of Activated Carbon for Mercury Control from Coal Power Plants   Massoud Rostam-Abadi

Studies of Advanced Mercury Sorbents and Technologies   Massoud Rostam-Abadi

Industrial Minerals and Mining

Mapping Illinois High-Calcium Limestone Resources    Zakaria Lasemi

Annual Review of Illinois Fuel and Nonfuel Minerals    Zakaria Lasemi

Annual Review of Illinois Industrial Minerals Industry    Zakaria Lasemi

Limestone Fines: An Economically Viable Source of Sorbents for Desulfurization    Zakaria Lasemi

Sand Dunes in the Green River Lowland    Xiaodong Miao

Sand and Gravel from Ridged Drift Along the Kaskaskia River    Xiaodong Miao

Geology of the Bedrock Aggregate Industry-Northeastern Illinois    Don Mikulic

Silurian Geology of West-Central Illinois    Don Mikulic

Subsurface Silurian Lithostratigraphy of Northeastern Illinois    Don Mikulic

Oil and Gas

An Assessment of Geological Carbon Sequestration Options in the Illinois Basin    Robert Finley

Annual Compilation and Report of Illinois Oil Field Statistics    Brian Huff

Electronic Waterflood Data Collection    Brian Huff

Prepare Springfield East Oil Field Report for Outside Publication    Brian Huff

Facies Analysis, Depositional Environment, and Reservoir Development of Silurian Deposits in the Sangamon Arch    Yaghoob Lasemi

Regional Facies and Sequence Stratigraphic Analyses of the Productive Middle Devonian Intervals in Illinois    Yaghoob Lasemi

Digital Portfolio of Plays in Unexplored Lower Paleozoic Rocks    Beverly Seyler

Characterization and Analysis of Cypress & Pennsylvanian Sandstone Reservoirs    Beverly Seyler

GIS Approach for Play Portfolios in the Illinois Basin    Beverly Seyler

Digital Archiving and Access to Geologic Records at the ISGS on ILOIL Web Site    Beverly Seyler

New Albany Shale Digital Data Access    Beverly Seyler

Petroleum Technology Transfer Council    Beverly Seyler

Systems Approach to Identifying Exploration and Development Opportunities in the Illinois Basin    Beverly Seyler