Author John Seidle has written this much-needed introduction to a unique unconventional gas resource for students and practicing engineers as well as a basic handbook for those who are involved in coalbed methane on a daily basis and require straightforward, practical answers in the fast-paced business world.

Contents

• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Coal fundamentals
• Geologic aspects of coal gas reservoir engineering
• Measurement of coalbed gas content
• Sorption of gas on coals
• Coal permeability
• Coal well pressure transient tests
• Gas and water mass balances in coals
• Gas and water flow in coals
• Depletion of gas and water in coals
• Simulation of coal well performance
• Enhanced coalbed methane recovery and CO2 sequestration
• Index

416 Pages/Hardcover/8.5 x 11 inches/October 2011
ISBN10 1-59370-001-6