Symposium on Coal Bed Methane- Research and Development in Australia, November 1992, Townsvillie, Australia

Volume 1

• Influences of coal composition of coal seam reservoir quality: A review - Jeffery R. Levine
• A successful oerating company's perspective of the key constraints upon profitable coalbed methane development - Stephen F. Waller
• Coalbed methane in the San Juan Basin of the Western United States: Contrls on reservoir preperties and gas production - W.B. Ayers Jr and W.R. Kaiser
• coalbed gas in New Zealand: A potential energy source - W.E. Vance and M.P. Cave
• Geologic controls on coalbed methane production: an example from the Pottsville Formation (Pennsylvanian Age), Black Warrior Basin, Alabama, USA - J.S. Ellard, R.P. Roark and W.B. Ayers Jr
• Mechanisms for coalbed methane formation - J.W. Smith, R. Pallasser, D. Rigby
• The thermal history of the brown - Gnnedah - Sydney Basins - C.W. Mallett, N.J. Russell
• The Galilee Basincoal measures: A potntial methane resorce? A case or well planned, integrated exploratio and R & D programme - RA. Durie, P.J. Hawkins and G.T. Kukla

Volume 2

• The application for surface seismic to the detection of methane producing fractures in coal seams - M. Urosevic, B.J. Evans, P.J. Hatherly
• Coalbed methane characteristics in the foreland of the Cordilleran Thrust Belt, Western United States - R. Tyler, W.R. Kaiser, W.a. Ambrose, A.R. Scott, S.E. Laubach, W.B. Ayers Jr
• Geological and Geotechnical factors controlling the occurrence and flow of methane in coal seams - S. Durucan, D.P. Creedy, J.S. Edwards
• A case history study of fracture detection methods used to locate open fractures in coal - A.D. Decker, T.L. Davis, A.J. Klawitter
• Experience with well testing and in-situ stress measurement in the sydney basin for evaluation of coalbed methane prospectivity - R.A. Koenig, M.A. Bocking, I. Foster, J.R. Enever, D.A. Casey
• Development and initial trials of a new multiphase well testing tool for coalbed methane evaluation - R. Koenig, A. Dean, G. Lupton
• Design, execution and analysis of pressure transient tests in slime-hole coalbed methane exploration wells - D.O. Cox, S.R. Reeves, G.T. Carson
• Review of recent US coalbed natural gas reservoir research - M.J. Mayorm J.C. Close, T.J. Pratt
• Some asp[ects of the transient testing of Bowen Basin coal seams

Volume 3

• Hydraulic fracturing experiments in vertical boreholes in the German creek coal seam - R.G. Jeffery, J.R. Enever, R. Phillips, D. Moelle, S. Davidson
• An overview of the production and operatoins of the Hillview #1 and #2 coalbed methane wells newar Moura Queensland - C. Lewis, J. Allen, B. Camp
• Analysis of the hydraulic fracturing behaviour in the Bowen Basin(Australia) - H. Morales and S. Davidson
• Development of in-seam drilling for the production of methane - I. Gray
• The environmental implications of extraction of coalbed methane - R.G. Hoare
• Applications of in-seam drilling and methane drainage at Central Colliery, Bowen Basin - M. Caffery, S. Smith, B.B. Beamish, B. Robertson, R. Phillips, and P. Crosdale
• The "RIMDRIL" system - Application of horizontal drilling and RIM for the detection of outburst-prone structures - S. Thomsn, F. Hungerford
• Gas and gas-dynamic phenomena in coal and evaporites - A.J. Hargraves
• European experience in longwall gas emission control applied to New South Wales longwall mines - C. Jeger

Volume 4

• Measurement of coalbed methane isotherms for Australian coals - J.H. Levy, J.S. Killingley, S.J. Day, I. Liepa
• Effect of gas production on porosity and permeability of coal - S. Harpalani and G. Chen
• Initial laboratory studies of the cavity completion process - L. Paterson, M. Wold

Volume 5

• Longwall gas emissions modelling: ractical application and research requirements - R.J. Williams, P.I. Maddocks, W.J. Gale
• Estimation of methane emission from Australian coal mines - A. Saghafi, D. Williams
• Cedar Hill and Tiffany: Case studies in coalbed methane reservoir simulation - G.B.C. Yng, G.W. Paul and R.A. McBane
• Assessment of VCD technology for effective gsdraiag in uderground coal mining operatons - R.D. Lama, D.M. Shu
• Supply costs and utilisation concepts for coalbed methane in central and northern Queensland - C.U. Jones
• A technical and economic evaluation of coalbed methane production projects in the Bowen and Sydney Basins of Australia - S.R. Reeves
• The challenge of developing Queensland's coalbed methane resource - G.C. Oldroyd and R.A. Brotherton
• Important economic considerations for Australian coalbed methane development - B.J. Barker and D.H. Heron
• How ell-connected is your well? - Ian D. Palmer
• Recent developments in the future potential for hydraulic fracturing in coalbed methane recovery in Australia - J.W. Ely
• Coal geology of the northern Galilee Basin and its implications for coalseam methane investigation - S.G. Scott, P.J. Hawkins

• Development of new equipment for rapid determination of coal gas content- D.J.Williams, A.Saghafi, M.S.Drummond, D.B.Roberts
• Microbalance applications to sorption testing of coal- B.B.Beamish, G.O'Donnell
• Coal type, microstructure and gas flow behaviour of Bowen Basin coals- P.D.Gamson, B.B.Beamish
• The role of predicted and measured gas emission in coal mine gas control - L.W.Lunarzewski
• Porosity and gas sorption capacity of some eastern Australian coals in relation to coal rank and composition - M.M.Faiz, N.I.Aziz, A.C.Hutton, B.G.Jones
• Measurement of relative permeability, absolute permeability and fracture geometry in coal - L.Paterson, K.Meaney, M.Smyth