Enhanced microbial coalbed methane generation: a review of research, commercial activity, and remaining challenges

D Ritter, D Vinson, E Barnhart, DM Akob… - International Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Coalbed methane (CBM) makes up a significant portion of the world's natural gas resources.
The discovery that approximately 20% of natural gas is microbial in origin has led to interest …

An overview of the coal seam gas developments in Queensland

B Towler, M Firouzi, J Underschultz, W Rifkin… - Journal of Natural Gas …, 2016 - Elsevier
The demand for natural gas in Queensland, Australia has historically been supplied from
conventional reservoirs. However, depletion in conventional sources has led producers to …

Assessment of global unconventional oil and gas resources

W Hongjun, MA Feng, T Xiaoguang, L Zuodong… - Petroleum Exploration …, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper evaluates the recoverable unconventional oil and gas resources around the
world, reveals main controlling factors and potential regions for the rich accumulation of …

Alterations in coal mechanical properties and permeability influenced by liquid CO2 phase change fracturing

X Liu, X Jia, Y Niu, B Nie, C Zhang, D Song - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
Liquid CO 2 phase change fracturing (LCPCF) is a promising approach for stimulating coal
reservoirs and enhancing gas drainage efficiency of low-permeability coal seams. In this …

[PDF][PDF] 全球非常规油气资源评价

王红军, 马锋, 童晓光, 刘祚冬, 张新顺… - Petroleum Exploration …, 2016 - cpedm.com
重点评价全球非常规油气可采资源潜力, 揭示非常规油气富集主控因素及潜力区. 完善重油,
油砂, 致密油, 油页岩, 页岩气, 致密气, 煤层气7 类资源划分标准, 利用全球含油气盆地商业 …

Biogenic methane production from coal: a review on recent research and development on microbially enhanced coalbed methane (MECBM)

SY Park, Y Liang - Fuel, 2016 - Elsevier
The biological conversion of coal to methane can be an efficient and environmentally
friendly means of utilizing the current coal reserves, including those that are difficult to utilize …

[HTML][HTML] Stable isotope geochemistry of coal bed and shale gas and related production waters: A review

SD Golding, CJ Boreham, JS Esterle - International Journal of Coal …, 2013 - Elsevier
Coal bed and shale gas can be of thermogenic, microbial or of mixed origin with the
distinction made primarily on the basis of the molecular and stable isotope compositions of …

Biogeochemistry of microbial coal-bed methane

D Strąpoć, M Mastalerz, K Dawson… - Annual Review of …, 2011 - annualreviews.org
Microbial methane accumulations have been discovered in multiple coal-bearing basins
over the past two decades. Such discoveries were originally based on unique biogenic …

Stimulation of methane generation from nonproductive coal by addition of nutrients or a microbial consortium

EJP Jones, MA Voytek, MD Corum… - Applied and …, 2010 - Am Soc Microbiol
Biogenic formation of methane from coal is of great interest as an underexploited source of
clean energy. The goal of some coal bed producers is to extend coal bed methane …

Characterization of a methanogenic consortium enriched from a coalbed methane well in the Powder River Basin, USA

MS Green, KC Flanegan, PC Gilcrease - International Journal of Coal …, 2008 - Elsevier
Well-bore water samples from the Fort Union Formation in the Powder River Basin of
Wyoming tested positive for the presence of living microbial communities capable of …