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01 Coalbed Methane
01 Coalbed Methane
01 Coalbed Methane
Coalbed
Methane
July 2003
Figure 1.
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InformationContact:
Contact:
Donald
Chesnut Jr.,
Head,
Coal and
Kentucky
Geological
Survey
Dr.Dr.
James
A. R.
Drahovzal,
Head,
Energy
andMinerals
MineralsSection,
Section,
Kentucky
Geological
Survey
228 Mining and Mineral Resources Bldg., University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506-0107
228 Mining and Mineral Resources Bldg., University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506-0107
Telephone: (606) 257-5500
Fax: (606) 257-1147 E-mail: chesnut@kgs.mm.uky.edu
Telephone: (859) 257-5500 Fax: (859) 257-1147 E-mail: drahovzal@uky.edu
Electronic version also available on the KGS World Wide Web site at <http://www.uky.edu/KGS/home.htm>.
Electronic version also available on the KGS World Wide Web site at www.uky.edu/kgs.
Breakdown or gob,
a reservoir for
methane gas coming
out of the coal beds.
Induced fractures
in coal enhance
gas flow.
COAL BED
COAL
COAL BED
void
COLLAPSED
ROCK
COAL
PILLAR
Horizontal drilling
A motor behind the drill bit can be twisted to drill horizontally into
a coal seam, which is fractured to produce methane.
COAL BED
Figure 2.