PUMPS ARE PRIMED FOR COAL-BED METHANE GAS EXTRACTION

摘要

For centuries coal was king in Lancashire and Cheshire, but over the past 50 years the industry has declined to a point where it is almost non-existent. Seams have either been worked out or deemed too expensive to develop. Coupled with this has been the move to clean power, making coal highly undesirable. However, those almost-forgotten coal seams are getting a wake-up call as engineers develop methods to realise the potential of coal-bed methane (CBM), the naturally occurring hydrocarbon gas that is trapped in the carbon structure of coal.