Call number:
9/M 99.0233
In:
Geological Society special publication
Description / Table of Contents:
Resources of coalbed methane (CBM), methane trapped within the porous system of coal, are many times greater than the collective reserves of all the known conventional gas fields. Yet only in the United States has this energy source been tapped. As coal is both the source rock and the reservoir for CBM there is a major paradox whereby, in order for gas sourced by the coal not to have migrated, the coal must either be sealed or possess very low permeability. And yet for the coal bed to be an effective reservoir the gas must readily migrate into the production well. The solution to this paradox lies in a wide-ranging understanding of the geology of coal, and this volume aims to provide some of the answers.
The 24 papers in the volume have been written by experts in CBM and coal geology from a range of countries in which CBM is either currently being produced commercially (USA) or in which there is active exploration (Europe and Australia).
The CBM industry is relatively young and only now are exploratory wells being sunk in the UK, Europe and elsewhere in the World. There is a dearth of texts describing the geology of CBM and this volume will help to fill this gap. It will appeal to geologists involved with the CBM industry, and also to those connected with coal and conventional hydrocarbon resources, as well as to lecturers and students.
Type of Medium:
Monograph available for loan
Pages:
VIII, 344 S.
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Ill., graph. Darst., Kt.
ISBN:
189779956X
Series Statement:
Geological Society special publication 109
URL:
http://sp.lyellcollection.org/content/109/1
Note:
Coalbed Methane Resources in USA and Europe ---
D. Keith Murray: Coalbed methane in the USA: analogues for worldwide development / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 109:1-12, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.109.01.01 ---
Thomas G. Fails: Coalbed methane potential of some Variscan foredeep basins / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 109:13-26, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.109.01.02 ---
F. J. MacCarthy, R. M. Tisdale, and W. B. Ayers, Jr: Geological controls on coalbed prospectivity in part of the North Staffordshire Coalfield, UK / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 109:27-42, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.109.01.03 ---
J. L. Knight, B. J. Shevlin, D. C. Edgar, and P. Dolan: Coal thickness distributions on the UK continental shelf / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 109:43-57, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.109.01.04 ---
Dierk Juch: Assessment of West German hardcoal resources and its relation to coalbed methane / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 109:59-65, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.109.01.05 ---
U. Freudenberg, S. Lou, R. Schlüter, K. Schütz, and K. Thomas: Main factors controlling coalbed methane distribution in the Ruhr District, Germany / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 109:67-88, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.109.01.06 ---
James S. Marshall, Raymond C. Pilcher, and Carol J. Bibler: Opportunities for the development and utilization of coalbed methane in three coal basins in Russia and Ukraine / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 109:89-101, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.109.01.07 ---
Coal as a Reservoir ---
R. A. Gayer, J. Pešek, I. Sýkorová, and P. Valterová: Coal clasts in the upper Westphalian sequence of the South Wales coal basin: implications for the timing of maturation and fracture permeability / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 109:103-120, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.109.01.08 ---
T. M. Hathaway and R. A. Gayer: Thrust-related permeability in the South Wales Coalfield / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 109:121-132, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.109.01.09 ---
C. I. Pattison, C. R. Fielding, R. H. McWatters, and L. H. Hamilton: Nature and origin of fractures in Permian coals from the Bowen Basin, Queensland, Australia / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 109:133-150, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.109.01.10 ---
Basim S. M. Faraj, Chris R. Fielding, and Ian D. R. Mackinnon: Cleat mineralization of Upper Permian Baralaba/Rangal Coal Measures, Bowen Basin, Australia / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 109:151-164, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.109.01.11 ---
Paul Gamson, Basil Beamish, and David Johnson: Coal microstructure and secondary mineralization: their effect on methane recovery / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 109:165-179, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.109.01.12 ---
Ian H. Harris, Gareth A. Davies, Rodney A. Gayer, and Keith Williams: Enhanced methane desorption characteristics from South Wales anthracites affected by tectonically induced fracture sets / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 109:181-196, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.109.01.13 ---
Jeffrey R. Levine: Model study of the influence of matrix shrinkage on absolute permeability of coal bed reservoirs / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 109:197-212, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.109.01.14 ---
M. I. Davidson, R. Bryant, and D. J. A. Williams: Characterization of anthracite / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 109:213-225, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.109.01.15 ---
Pavel Konečhný and Alena Kožušníková: Measurement of gas permeability of coal and clastic sedimentary rocks under triaxial stress conditions / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 109:227-229, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.109.01.16 ---
A. Kožušníková: Relationship between the hydrogen content of coal and the lithological characteristics of rocks overlying the coal seam / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 109:231-236, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.109.01.17 ---
Coal Geological Studies Related to Coalbed Methane ---
Edward Lester, Martin Allen, Michael Cloke, and Brian Atkin: Analysis of the problems associated with the use of image analysis for microlithotype analysis on solid coal mounts / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 109:237-248, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.109.01.18 ---
I. Sýkorová, M. Novotná, H. Pavlíková, and V. Machovič: Petrological and spectroscopic structural characteristics of Bohemian and Moravian coals and their possible relation to gas proneness / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 109:249-260, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.109.01.19 ---
Grzegorz J. Nowak: Petrological coal seam accumulation model for the Zacler Formation of the Lower Silesian coal basin, southwestern Poland / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 109:261-286, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.109.01.20 ---
J. Barraza, A. Gilfillan, M. Cloke, and D. Clift: Minerals and major elements in density-separated coal fractions from Point of Ayr coal, Wales, UK / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 109:287-299, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.109.01.21 ---
Irena Kostova, Ognyan Petrov, and Jordan Kortenski: Mineralogy, geochemistry and pyrite content of Bulgarian subbituminous coals, Pernik Basin / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 109:301-314, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.109.01.22 ---
Duncan McLean and Iain Murray: Subsurface correlation of Carboniferous coal seams and inter-seam sediments using palynology: application to exploration for coalbed methane / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 109:315-324, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.109.01.23 ---
A. I. Karayigit, E. Eris, and E. Cicioglu: Coal geology, chemical and petrographical characteristics, and implications for coalbed methane development of subbituminous coals from the Sorgun and Suluova Eocene basins, Turkey / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 109:325-338, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.109.01.24
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