DEVELOPING COAL SEAM METHANE IN THE SYDNEY BASIN

2004 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 625
Author(s):  
I. Wang ◽  
J. Choudhury ◽  
W. Barker ◽  
S. McNally
Keyword(s):  
Coal Seam ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Resource Development ◽  
Environmental Benefits ◽  
Gas Content ◽  
Reservoir Temperature ◽  
New Energy ◽  
Coal Seam Methane ◽  
Source Of Error ◽  
Zero Time

Sydney Gas Ltd (SGL) believes that the growth of the new and exciting coal seam methane (CSM) industry will certainly offer significant economic, social, and environmental benefits to the State of NSW within both the short and the long-term.This paper overviews SGL’s CSM resource development program for the Sydney Basin in general. SGL’s acreage provides an extensive contiguous coverage of the Sydney Basin, and is ideal as it straddles the main gas transmission line from Wollongong to Newcastle.Gas content is one of the most crucial parameters for CSM resource development. This paper also discusses the method adopted by SGL highlighting the pitfalls in the gas content measurements adopted by previous explorers that caused substantial under-estimation of the CSM resource in the Southern Sydney Basin. Gas content determination comprises three components, i.e. lost gas (Q1), desorbed gas (Q2) and residual gas (Q3). Evaluation of earlier data acquired under an ambient temperature rather than reservoir temperature, was the first source of error which resulted in under-estimating gas content calculation. Zero time for desorption measurements was previously set at core retrieval time rather than core cutting time generating an additional error. That is particularly significant in a highly stress-sensitive coal seam such as the Bulli which is the main target for the CSM resource development in the Southern Sydney Basin.This paper has also addressed the commercial case for developing CSM as a new energy source in NSW, for so long dependent upon coal and interstate gas.

scholarly journals Current Status of Ceramic Gas Turbine (CGT302)

1998 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hirotake Kobayashi ◽  
Tetsuo Tatsumi ◽  
Takashi Nakashima ◽  
Isashi Takehara ◽  
Yoshihiro Ichikawa
Keyword(s):  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Thermal Efficiency ◽  
Technology Development ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Fiscal Year ◽  
Inlet Temperature ◽  
Development Organization ◽  
New Energy

In Japan, from the point of view of energy saving and environmental protection, a 300kW Ceramic Gas Turbine (CGT) Research and Development program started in 1988 and is still continuing as a part of “the New Sunshine Project” promoted by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITT). The final target of the program is to achieve 42% thermal efficiency at 1350°C of turbine inlet temperature (TIT) and to keep NOx emissions below present national regulations. Under contract to the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (KHI) has been developing the CGT302 with Kyocera Corporation and Sumitomo Precision Products Co., Ltd. By the end of the fiscal year 1996, the CGT302 achieved 37.0% thermal efficiency at 1280°C of TIT. In 1997, TIT reached 1350°C and a durability operation for 20 hours at 1350°C was conducted successfully. Also fairly low NOx was proved at 1300°C of TIT. In January 1998, the CGT302 has achieved 37.4% thermal efficiency at 1250°C TIT. In this paper, we will describe our approaches to the target performance of the CGT302 and current status.

Characterisation of a microbial community associated with a deep, coal seam methane reservoir in the Gippsland Basin, Australia

2010 ◽  
Vol 82 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 232-239 ◽  
Author(s):  
David J. Midgley ◽  
Philip Hendry ◽  
Kaydy L. Pinetown ◽  
David Fuentes ◽  
Se Gong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Microbial Community ◽  
Coal Seam ◽  
Gippsland Basin ◽  
Coal Seam Methane

A Review of Technical Potential for Coal Production and Coal Degasification – A Conventional Source of Methane – In Nigeria

2003 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-67
Author(s):  
Adepo Jepson Olumide ◽  
Ayodele Charles Oludare ◽  
Balogun Olufemi
Keyword(s):  
Coal Seam ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Underground Mining ◽  
Simple Calculation ◽  
Gas Content ◽  
Gelling Agent ◽  
Coal Bed ◽  
Natural State ◽  
Mining Operations ◽  
Inorganic Matter

Coal, a solid fuel in its natural state has been identified as one of the world's major fossil fuels. It is a compact, stratified mass of mummified plant debris interspersed with smaller amounts of inorganic matter buried in sedimentary rocks. The use of coal as an energy source can be dated back to the prehistoric times. Methane is associated with many if not all coal seams, and is the dreaded “fire damp” responsible for many pit explosions. Coal mines are designed to vent as much methane as possible. It is present in the pores of coal under pressure, released during mining operations and can be extracted through vertical well bores. This paper highlights the fact that pipeline- quality methane can be extracted economically from coal seems before and during underground mining operations. The stimulation method involves hydraulic fracturing of the coal seam by using water, sand and, a gelling agent in a staged and alternating sand/and no sand sequence. The purpose is to create new fractures in the coal seam(s). The cleating of the coal helps to determine the flow characteristics of the coal formation and is vital in the initial productivity of a coal-methane well. The simple calculation of gas-in-place is achieved by multiplying the gas content of the coal by net coal thickness, the density, and the aerial extent of the drainage. The method is claimed to be suitable for use in Nigeria and potential sites for coal bed methane extraction in Nigeria are identified.

scholarly journals Study on Reservoir Properties and Critical Depth in Deep Coal Seams in Qinshui Basin, China

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Guiqiang Zheng ◽  
Bin Sun ◽  
Dawei Lv ◽  
Zhejun Pan ◽  
Huiqing Lian
Keyword(s):  
Coal Seam ◽  
Step Change ◽  
Gas Content ◽  
Burial Depth ◽  
Critical Depth ◽  
Coal Seams ◽  
Reservoir Properties ◽  
Qinshui Basin ◽  
Geological Conditions ◽  
Change Characteristics

Coalbed methane (CBM) reservoir properties and relationship of properties with burial depth were studied based on the data derived from 204 deep CBM production wells in Qinshui Basin, China. Through the study, it is found that permeability and porosity decrease with the increase of burial depth and the decreasing trend shows step-change characteristics at a critical burial depth. They also show divisional characteristics at certain burial depth. Gas content, geostress, and geotemperature increase with the increase of burial depth, and the increasing trend shows step-change characteristics and also have divisional characteristics at certain burial depth. Based on the previous study on the reservoir property changes with burial depth, three series of critical depth using different parameters are obtained through simulating the critical depth using the BP neural network method. It is found that the critical depth is different when using different parameters. Combined the previous study with the normalization of three different parameter types, the critical depth in Qinshui Basin was defined as shallow coal seam is lower than 650 m and transition band is 650–1000 m, while deep coal seam is deeper than 1000 m. In deep coal seams, the geological conditions and recovery becomes poor, so it can be defined as unfavorable zones. Therefore, other development means, for example, CO2 injection, need to be used to accelerate the deep coal methane development.

Quantitative Evaluation of Coal Seam Gas Content Estimate Accuracy

1995 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew J. Mavor ◽  
Timothy J. Pratt ◽  
Charles R. Nelson
Keyword(s):  
Coal Seam ◽  
Quantitative Evaluation ◽  
Gas Content ◽  
Coal Seam Gas

Potential for microbial enhancement of coal seam methane reservoirs in Australia

2008 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 456
Author(s):  
Mohinudeen Faiz ◽  
Phil Hendry ◽  
Dongmei Li
Keyword(s):  
Coal Seam ◽  
Microbial Enhancement ◽  
Coal Seam Methane

COAL SEAM GAS—PETROLEUM OR MINERAL

1997 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 589
Author(s):  
D.J. Gately
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Coal Seam ◽  
Coalbed Methane ◽  
Resource Development ◽  
Coal Seams ◽  
Coal Seam Gas ◽  
Commercial Use ◽  
Private Sector Investment ◽  
History Of ◽  
Policy Shift

1996 was a watershed year for gas exploration in Queensland: the increasing private sector investment in the search for and commercial use of methane gas from coal seams received legislative endorsement. Coal seam gas (CSG), also known as coalbed methane or CBM, was officially designated as petroleum, with exploration for and production of CSG to be administered under the Petroleum Act.The paper traces the history of exploration for CSG in Queensland since 1976, culminating in a policy shift in 1996. In Queensland there is now potential for overlapping titles and competitive resource development.

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