Coalbed methane genesis, occurrence and accumulation in China

Petroleum Science

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 269-280

  Song, Yan ^a,b   Liu, Shaobo ^a   Zhang, Qun ^c   Tao, Mingxin ^d   Zhao, Mengjun ^a   Hong, Feng ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

^c Xi'an Research Institute of China Coal Technology and Engineering Group Corp   (China)

^d BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

adsorption model; China; coalbed methane; genetic type; secondary biogenic gas; syncline enrichment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865567100     PISSN: 16725107     EISSN: 19958226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12182-012-0209-6     Document Type: Article

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