Improved Risk Prediction through In-borehole Gas Monitoring (IRP-IGM)

It is clear from research and recognised by professional earth scientists that the data requirements of ground gas risk modelling are not well met by existing monitoring programmes.  The project will devise, validate, demonstrate and disseminate new methodologies for monitoring, predicting and quantifying the risk of ground gas generation and migration, that arise from the use of in-borehole gas monitoring. 

The technological innovation of an in-borehole continuous monitoring device will allow current leading edge advice on best practice in monitoring ground gas to be superseded.  A consortium of academic scientists, applied scientists and end users will contribute to a long-term monitoring programme and specific field and labortaory experiments designed to develop and demonstrate an improved monitoring methodology.  In parallel, an improved model of gas migration will be developed with the potential for further optimisation of remediation strategies.

The project is supported by a DTI Technology Programme grant and the contributing partners are The University of Manchester, Salamander Ltd and Urban Vision PartnershipLtd.

The project findings and progress up to and including a proposed New Methodology are regularly updated, presented as Case Studies and Technical Notes which can be downloaded here: