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Coal gas down under
02/24/2003
Australians seem to have accepted coalbed methane as a reliable energy source that can compete technically and economically with conventional natural gas.Australia had 90 tcf of gas reserves as of Jan. 1 (OGJ, Dec. 23, 2002, p. 114), a third of which is on the Northwest Shelf and supports LNG exports.Gas is minor in Australia's fuel mix, but the US Energy Information Administration notes that its use is expected to grow at nearly twice the rate of other energy sources, supplying 24% of the country's total energy consumption by 2019-20.OGJ estimated Australia's gas production at about 1.2 tcf in 2002.Australian CBM has grown from infancy 10 years ago. CBM supplied 20 bcf, or 25...
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