Coal bed methane will become a new vital component of energy structure

China is rich in coal bed methane. According latest survey, coal bed methane gas reserves with a burying depth of fewer than 2000 m amount to 3600 billi being equal to 45 billion tons of standard coal or 35 tons of standard oil.to the urymg on m3,billion NDRC has issued the 11th Five-Year Program for Ex-ploitation and Utilization of Coal Bed Methane in August. It is planned that the production of methane gas will come up to 10 billion m3, and an industrial system of exploiting and

Coal bed methane will become a new vital component of energy structure

China is rich in coal bed methane. According to the latest survey, coal bed methane gas reserves with a burying depth of fewer than 2000 m amount to 3600 billion m^3, being equal to 45 billion tons of standard coal or 35 billion tons of standard oil.