Probably not. The companies that might lease the tenures here, will more than likely ship a large portion of their gas south to the U.S., primarily California, where the needs are the greatest and the profits the highest.
Coalbed methane is a type of gas trapped underground in coal deposits. Getting it out of the ground is difficult, and in other places has caused serious environmental impacts.
Already 20+ test wells have been drilled north of Elkford, and that area is poised to become the first commercial CBM development in all of B.C.
BP Canada was planning to drill exploratory wells this spring. Largely due to your efforts their plans have now been delayed until the spring of 2009.
