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Coalbed Methane: Scientific, Environmental and Economic Evaluation

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Editors:
  1. Maria Mastalerz

    1. Indiana University, Bloomington, USA

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  2. Miryam Glikson

    1. The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

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  3. Suzanne D. Golding

    1. The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

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Coalbed gas has been considered a hazard since the early 19th century when the first mine gas explosions occurred in the United States in 1810 and France in 1845. In eastern Australia methane-related mine disasters occurred late in the 19th century with hundreds of lives lost in New South Wales, and as recently as 1995 in Queensland's Bowen Basin. Ventilation and gas drainage technologies are now in practice. However, coalbed methane recently is becoming more recognized as a potential source of energy; rather than emitting this gas to the atmosphere during drainage of gassy mines it can be captured and utilized. Both economic and environmental concerns have sparked this impetus to capture coalbed methane. The number of methane utilization projects has increased in the United States in recent years as a result, to a large extent, of development in technology in methane recovery from coal seams. Between 1994 and 1997, the number of mines in Alabama, Colorado, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia recovering and utilizing methane increased from 1 0 to 17. The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that close to 49 billion cubic feet (Bet) of methane was recovered in 1996, meaning that this amount was not released into the atmosphere. It is estimated that in the same year total emissions of methane equaled 45. 7 Bcf. Other coal mines are being investigated at present, many ofwhich appear to be promising for the development of cost-effective gas recovery.

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Table of contents (37 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  4. Sources & Thermal History; Effect on Quantity, Quality, Retention and Migration of Coalbed Methane

    1. Coal Composition and Mode of Maturation, a Determining Factor in Quantifying Hydrocarbon Species Generated

      • M. Glikson, C. J. Boreham, D. S. Thiede
      Pages 155-185

    2. The Relation between Gas in Coal Seams and Artificial Coalification Gas Under Hydrothermal Pressure Systems

      • Toyohiko Yamasaki, Susan A. Roces
      Pages 187-206

    3. Coal Bed Gas Content and Gas Undersaturation

      • G. Khavari-Khorasani, J. K. Michelsen
      Pages 207-231

    4. Higher Hydrocarbon Gases in Southern Sydney Basin Coals

      • M. M. Faiz, A. Saghafi, N. R. Sherwood
      Pages 233-255

    5. Source and Timing of Coal Seam Gas Generation in Bowen Basin Coals

      • S. D. Golding, K. A. Baublys, M. Glikson, I. T. Uysal, C. J. Boreham
      Pages 257-269

    6. The Development of an Understanding of the Origins of the Sydney and Bowen Basin Gases

      • J. W. Smith
      Pages 271-277

    7. Mineral-Catalyzed Formation of Natural Gas during Coal Maturation

      • Calvin H. Bartholomew, Steven J. Butala, Juan Carlos Medina, Milton L. Lee, Terrence Q. Taylor, Dallan B. Andrus
      Pages 279-296

  5. Reservoir Quality Evaluation; In-Situ Stress Structure, Hydrogeology, Micro-Structure

    1. The Role of In-Situ Stress in Coalbed Methane Exploration

      • J. Enever, D. Casey, M. Bocking
      Pages 297-303

    2. Mechanical and Thermal Control of Cleating and Shearing in Coal: Examples from the Alabama Coalbed Methane Fields, USA

      • Jack C. Pashin, Richard E. Carroll, Joseph R. Hatch, Martin B. Goldhaber
      Pages 305-327
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Indiana University, Bloomington, USA

    Maria Mastalerz

  • The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

    Miryam Glikson, Suzanne D. Golding

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Coalbed Methane: Scientific, Environmental and Economic Evaluation

  • Editors: Maria Mastalerz, Miryam Glikson, Suzanne D. Golding

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1062-6

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1999

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-5698-1Published: 31 July 1999

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-5217-9Published: 01 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-1062-6Published: 09 March 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 592

  • Topics: Economic Geology, Geophysics/Geodesy, Geochemistry

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