Advanced Reservoir and Production Engineering for Coal Bed Methane, Thakur,#

Advanced Reservoir and Production Engineering for Coal Bed MethaneAuthor(s): Pramod Thakur\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Elsevier Science & Technology, United States\nImprint: Gulf Professional Publishing\nISBN-13: 9780128030950, 978-0128030950\nSynopsis\nAdvanced Reservoir and Production Engineering for Coal Bed Methane presents the reader with design systems that will maximize production from worldwide coal bed methane reservoirs. Authored by an expert in the field with more than 40 years of experience, the author starts with much needed introductory basics on gas content and diffusion of gas in coal, crucial for anyone in the mining and natural gas industries. Going a step further, chapters on hydrofracking, horizontal drilling technology, and production strategies address the challenges of dewatering, low production rates, and high development costs. This book systematically addresses all three zones of production levels, shallow coal, medium depth coal, and deep coal with .