Current status and geological conditions for the applicability of CBM drilling technologies in China: A review

S Tao, Z Pan, S Tang, S Chen - International Journal of Coal Geology, 2019 - Elsevier
Coalbed methane (CBM) drilling technology is critical in achieving efficient CBM
development. The geological conditions for CBM development in China are complex …

Current status, challenges, and policy suggestions for coalbed methane industry development in China: A review

S Tao, S Chen, Z Pan - Energy Science & Engineering, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
China is vigorously promoting the development of coalbed methane (CBM) resources
because CBM is cleaner than coal and a hazardous gas in coal mining. However, the CBM …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation and intelligent deployment of coal and coalbed methane coupling coordinated exploitation based on Bayesian network and cuckoo search

Q Zou, Z Chen, Z Cheng, Y Liang, W Xu, P Wen… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Coal and coalbed methane (CBM) coordinated exploitation is a key technology for the safe
exploitation of both resources. However, existing studies lack the quantification and …

Coal pore size distributions controlled by the coalification process: An experimental study of coals from the Junggar, Ordos and Qinshui basins in China

Y Li, C Zhang, D Tang, Q Gan, X Niu, K Wang, R Shen - Fuel, 2017 - Elsevier
Various sizes of pores in coal, which are generally formed by organic matter during the
coalification process, have a direct influence on coalbed methane extraction. However, few …

Stress sensitivity characterization and heterogeneous variation of the pore-fracture system in middle-high rank coals reservoir based on NMR experiments

J Zhang, C Wei, W Ju, G Yan, G Lu, X Hou, Z Kai - Fuel, 2019 - Elsevier
Five groups of middle to high rank coal samples (R o, max value between 1.87 and 3.01%)
were tested under different confine pressures using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) …

Characterization of the stress sensitivity of pores for different rank coals by nuclear magnetic resonance

S Li, D Tang, Z Pan, H Xu, W Huang - Fuel, 2013 - Elsevier
Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) experiments of stress sensitivity on the pore and
fracture systems of coal samples with different ranks were performed. Pore compressibility …

Production characteristics and the key factors in high-rank coalbed methane fields: A case study on the Fanzhuang Block, Southern Qinshui Basin, China

Y Lv, D Tang, H Xu, H Luo - International Journal of Coal Geology, 2012 - Elsevier
The temporal and spatial production characteristics of coalbed methane (CBM) wells in the
Fanzhuang Block of the Southern Qinshui Basin, the first commercial CBM-producing basin …

Factors controlling high-yield coalbed methane vertical wells in the Fanzhuang Block, Southern Qinshui Basin

S Tao, D Tang, H Xu, L Gao, Y Fang - International Journal of Coal Geology, 2014 - Elsevier
Whether a coalbed methane (CBM) well achieves high yield is controlled by various factors.
Structural and hydrological control models of CBM productivity in vertical wells were built …

Stress-dependent fracture porosity and permeability of fractured coal: An in-situ X-ray tomography study

G Zhang, PG Ranjith, W Liang, A Haque… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Coal porosity and permeability are highly stress-sensitive. Although the stress-dependent
permeability behaviour of coal has been well documented in the literature, few studies are …

Hydrogeological control on the accumulation and production of coalbed methane in the Anze Block, southern Qinshui Basin, China

S Chen, S Tao, W Tian, D Tang, B Zhang… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study of geological and hydrogeological conditions in the coal-bearing Shanxi and
Taiyuan formations in the Anze Block, southern Qinshui Basin, reveals the water-flow …