Value and development direction of efficient development of coal-measure natural gas in energy transition
LI Rui
XIANG Wenting
XU Fengyin
XIAO Yuhang
LYU Shuaifeng
ZHANG Xiaofei
ZHANG Le
YANG Baoke
Abstract：Natural gas resources are the transition from fossil to non-fossil energy.Coal-measure natural gas is an essentialpart of natural gas.To give full play to the advantages of coal measure natural gas development in China's dual-carbon strategy,the value and develop-ment direction of efficient development of coal-measure natural gas in energy transition are studied.The results show that China's coal-measure natural gas resources are diverse,abundant,and widely distributed,providing a solid foundation for large-scale and efficient de-velopment.The efficient development of coal-measure natural gas resources is of great significance for promoting low-carbon energy de-velopment,which can effectively reduce the proportion of high-carbon fossil energy consumption,help reduce CH4 greenhouse gas emis-sions,and realize the double effect of increasing production and reducing carbon by combining with CCUS technology.In addition,it plays a significant role in promoting the development of new energy sources,which can guarantee the high-quality peak regulation of new flexible power systems,safer hydrogen production and storage,and synergistic and complementary geothermal resources to improve de-velopment efficiency.At present,the overall single-well production of coal-measure gas wells in China is low,and the development tech-nologies remain immature,which constrains the efficient development of coal-associated natural gas.Therefore,this study explores the key directions for advancing coal-measure natural gas development in China,including:vigorously developing deep coalbed methane re-sources to increase the amount and reserves of deep coalbed methane and overcome the challenges associated with complex deep geologic-al conditions;actively implementing integrated exploration and production of multiple types of coal-measure natural gas to reduce explora-tion and development costs and enhance single-well productivity;promoting zero CH4 emissions from coal mines to reduce CH4-related greenhouse gas emissions and increase the contribution of mine gas drainage to total natural gas production;strengthening the integration of CCUS with efficient coal-measure natural gas resource development to enable the synergistic advancement of CCUS technology and coal-measure natural gas exploitation;enhancing the integration of geology and engineering in coal-measure natural gas development to improve the compatibility between development technologies and reservoir geological conditions;and accelerating the digitalisation and intelligentisation of coal-measure natural gas development to facilitate the efficient,green,and low-carbon utilisation of these resources through advanced digital and intelligent technologies.
Keywords：coal-measure natural gaslow-carbon energy developmentCCUSzero emissionhydrogen storagehigh-efficient devel-opment
Publication Date：2025-03-31
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：13( 60-72 )