COAL BED METHANE TECHNOLOGY

THEORY - PTEG 426

nstructor: A. Aravind Kumar
Textbook: Coalbed Methane: Principles and Practices.
ebook, June 2007.
Reference books:
undamentals of Natural Gas Processing, A. J. Kidnay.
Petroleum exploration and practice, Dr. Bhagawan sahay.
ndian oil ndustry gas Usage and Value, Duncan seddon.
Advanced Reservoir Engineering, Mc Kinnely.
Course goaIs and outcomes
To Study the origin & occurrence of CBM.
To study the exploration techniques.
To study the Coalification and process petrography.
To study the environmental issues.
Know the Coal reservoir fields.
Know the desorption of the gas from the well.
Drilling technologies used in the field.
Production of the gas.
Propant used for Hydraulic fracturing of the well.
Economic consideration.
Environmental Conditions.
Course outlines
&nit - 1: ntroduction to CBM and its
Sources
&nit - 2: Rank of Coal, relation between
Coal Rank and Gas Generation.
&nit - 3: ndian Coal Reserves, Gas
Content & CBM Reserves Estimates.
&nit - 4: Coal Composition, Mineral &
Metal Content.
&nit - 5 low of luid through Coal Bed.
&nit - 6: CBM Wells- Drilling & Completion,
Testing.
&nit - 7: Composition of CBM & its Utilization.
&nit - 8: Status of Exploration & Exploitation
in ndia.
&nit - 9: Estimation of Production Trend.
&nit - 10: Estimation of Production Cost.
&nit - 11: Economic Limit.
Textbook: Coalbed Methane: Principles
and Practices. ebook, June 2007.
ntroduction
GeoIogicaI nfIuences on CoaI
Sorption
Reservoir AnaIysis
Textbook: Coalbed Methane: Principles
and Practices. ebook, June 2007.
eII Construction
Formation EvaIuations, Logging
CompIetions
HydrauIic Fracturing of CoaIseams
Textbook: Coalbed Methane: Principles
and Practices. ebook, June 2007.
ater Production and DisposaI
Economics of CoaIbed Methane