Coalbed Methane (CBM) Project Enrichment Area and Economic Evaluation

Abstract

Coalbed gas, also called coalbed methane gas, is a kind of unconventional natural gas located in coal and rocks, coexisting with coal and its main ingredient are methane. On different levels of structure, coal bed methanes adsorption has partition zonality. The gas-bearing of coal seams has relative concentration in different tectonic units, is known as coalbed methane (CBM) enrichment. Influenced by coal rank, coal, rock properties and various geological conditions and other factors, the enrichment has certain regularity. In the study of the coal bed gas enrichment, coal bed gas enrichment especially refers to coal bed methane enrichment. Economic evaluation is that it may analysis reserves financial feasibility and economical rationality for coal seam to get the best economic benefit evaluation, by various stages in CBM cost and final production and income situation.