Coalbed methane: A review

TA Moore - International Journal of Coal Geology, 2012 - Elsevier
The commercial extraction of methane from coal beds is now well established in a number of
countries throughout the world, including the USA, Australia, China, India and Canada …

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 …

Methane production from coal by a single methanogen

D Mayumi, H Mochimaru, H Tamaki, K Yamamoto… - Science, 2016 - science.org
Coal-bed methane is one of the largest unconventional natural gas resources. Although
microbial activity may greatly contribute to coal-bed methane formation, it is unclear whether …

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 …

Geochemical constraints on the origin and volume of gas in the New Albany Shale (Devonian–Mississippian), eastern Illinois Basin

D Strapoc, M Mastalerz, A Schimmelmann… - AAPG …, 2010 - archives.datapages.com
This study involved analyses of kerogen petrography, gas desorption, geochemistry,
microporosity, and mesoporosity of the New Albany Shale (Devonian–Mississippian) in the …

[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 …

Methane-producing microbial community in a coal bed of the Illinois Basin

D Strapoc, FW Picardal, C Turich… - Applied and …, 2008 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT A series of molecular and geochemical studies were performed to study
microbial, coal bed methane formation in the eastern Illinois Basin. Results suggest that …

Long-term decline of global atmospheric ethane concentrations and implications for methane

IJ Simpson, MP Sulbaek Andersen, S Meinardi… - Nature, 2012 - nature.com
After methane, ethane is the most abundant hydrocarbon in the remote atmosphere. It is a
precursor to tropospheric ozone and it influences the atmosphere's oxidative capacity …

Microbial methane from in situ biodegradation of coal and shale: A review and reevaluation of hydrogen and carbon isotope signatures

DS Vinson, NE Blair, AM Martini, S Larter, WH Orem… - Chemical …, 2017 - Elsevier
Stable carbon and hydrogen isotope signatures of methane, water, and inorganic carbon
are widely utilized in natural gas systems for distinguishing microbial and thermogenic …

Machine learning framework for estimating CO2 adsorption on coalbed for carbon capture, utilization, and storage applications

A Alanazi, AF Ibrahim, S Bawazer, S Elkatatny… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
For the purpose of carbon capture, utilization, and storage, carbon dioxide (CO 2) injection
in coal formations can enhance methane recovery and mitigate climate change. However …