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Foreword — CSPG William C. Gussow Mini-Conferences: Proceedings from Coal Bed Methane — Back to the Basics of Coal Geology

Natural Resources Canada, Geological Survey of Canada, Calgary, AB, Canada
United States Geological Survey, Reston, VA, USA
BP Canada, Calgary, AB, Canada

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This special issue of the Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology is based primarily on presentations made at the William C. Gussow ‘mini-conference’, "Coal Bed Methane — Back to the Basics of Coal Geology", held in scenic Canmore, Alberta, March 9–11, 2005. The conference was co-organized along with The Society for Organic Petrology (http://www.tsop.org/) and the Canadian Society for Coal Science and Organic Petrology (http://www.cscop.org/), and the Canadian Society for Unconventional Gas (http://www.csug.ca/). These special Gussow conferences are organized by chairs of the CSPG Technical Divisions and managed by the CSPG office conference staff. The CBM Gussow conference 2005 was chaired by Matt Caddel. The CSPG describes the "Gussow geoscience conferences as meetings focusing on new and emerging issues related to the petroleum industry. The meeting is intended to bring together recognized experts from diverse disciplines to provide a broad range of perspectives on the conference theme. The . . . [Full Text of this Article]