Numerical investigation of the potential contamination of a shallow aquifer in producing coalbed methane

This paper presents a study on the impact of well integrity failure on coalbed methane (also known as coal seam gas) production and potential shallow water contamination using numerical simulations with a finite-difference method. Two connection types and 12 cases were simulated: Type A – leakage th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Xianbo Su, Fengde Zhou, Stephen Tyson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2018-03-01
Series:Energy Exploration & Exploitation
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/0144598717736629