Enhanced gas recovery techniques from coalbed methane reservoirs
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Title
Fundamentals of Enhanced Oil and Gas Recovery from Conventional and Unconventional Reservoirs
Publisher
Elsevier
Editor(s)
Bahadori, A.
School
School of Engineering
RAS ID
29766
Abstract
Coalbed methane (CBM) is currently perceived as one of the reliable sources of energy due to its huge gas reserves estimated globally and is currently being exploited in some countries. Coals, in essence, are naturally fractured reservoirs for which two discrete systems of matrix and fracture (cleat) are considered. Similar to other hydrocarbon resources, CBM reservoirs require implementation of increased recovery techniques to provide economically justified rates. This chapter, aimed mainly at introducing enhanced gas recovery techniques in CBM reservoirs, is presented in two general sections. In the first section, it provides an elaborated description on CBM and the factors involved in such reservoirs and follows in the latter section by discussing the productivity enhancement approaches for CBM reservoirs including hydraulic stimulation (hydraulic fracturing, natural fracture stimulation, and proppant placement) and enhanced CBM recovery that is accomplished through injection of a foreign gas into the reservoir.
DOI
10.1016/B978-0-12-813027-8.00008-4
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Keshavarz,A., Akhondzadeh, H., Sayyafzadeh, M., Zargar, M. (2018). Enhanced gas recovery techniques from coalbed methane reservoirs. In Bahadori, A. (Ed.), Fundamentals of Enhanced Oil and Gas Recovery from Conventional and Unconventional Reservoirs (233-268). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-813027-8.00008-4