Coal Bed Methane: Theories and Applications, Second Edition, captures the full lifecycle of a coal bed methane well and offers petroleum geologists and engineers a single source for a broad range of coal bed methane (CBM) applications. The vast coal resources in the United States continue to produce tremendous amounts of natural gas, contributing to a diverse range of energy assets. This book addresses crucial technical topics, including exploration and evaluation of coal bed reservoirs, hydraulic fracturing of CBM wells, coal seam degasification, and production engineering and processing, among others.
The book also covers legal issues and permitting, along with an economic analysis of CBM projects. This new edition includes information on new and established research and applications, making it relevant for field geologists and engineers, as well as students.
- Edited by a team of coal bed methane experts from industry, academia and government with more than 100 years of combined experience in the field
- Contains more than 150 figures, photographs and illustrations to aid in the understanding of fundamental concepts
- Presents the full scope of improvements in U.S. energy independence, coal mine safety and greenhouse gas emissions
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Elsevier Science & Techn.
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978-0-12-816542-3 (9780128165423)
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Section A: Origin, geology, and reserve for CBM reservoirs1a. The origin of coalbed methane2. Geology of North American coalbed methane reservoirs3a. United States Lower 48 coalbed methane-Benchmark (2010)
Section B: CBM reservoir characteristics4. Gas storage in coal5. Gas transportation in CBM reservoir6. Estimating the gas in place and reserves7. Material balance equation for CBM reservoirs8. Production behavior and performance predictions9. Modeling and simulation for CBM production10. Enhanced CBM recovery
Section C: Vertical wells and their applications11. Improved wireline logging12. Improved construction of vertical wells13. Enhanced hydrofracturing14. Gas production and decline from vertical wells
Section D: Horizontal wells and their applications15. History and methodology of horizontal drilling16. In-mine horizontal drilling and applications17. Horizontal drilling from surface and applications18. Hydrofracturing of Horizontal Wells19. Gas production and decline for horizontal wells20. CO2 sequestration and underground coal gasification with horizontal wells
Section E: Production engineering for coalbed methane21. Postfrac engineering design22. Produced water management23. Preliminary gas gathering and intermediate compression24. Plugging of CBM wells
Section F: CBM processing and utilization25. CBM gathering, compression, and dehydration26. CBM processing with related costs27. CBM utilization with economics
