Coalbed gas to exceed 90b cubic meters by 2030  

中国煤层气2030年有望突破900亿立方米

中国工程院院士袁亮在16日开幕的第四届中国(太原)国际能源产业博览会上表示，2030年中国煤层气产量有望达到900亿立方米，从节能效应来说，相当于一个亿吨级的原煤产量，相当于1.5个三峡水电站的年发电量，相当于一个大庆油田的原油当量。

Taiyuan (CNS) -- The Fourth China (Taiyuan) International Energy Industry Expo opened on Sunday in Taiyuan, capital of coal-rich Shanxi Province, to discuss the country's energy resources.

China's coalbed gas is expected to exceed 90 billion cubic meters by 2030, which is equal to 100 million tons of raw coal production, or 1.5 times the generation capacity of the Three Gorges Dam, Yuan Liang, an academician from the Chinese Academy of Engineering, said at the expo.

The total amount of proven coal reserves in China has reached 5.57 trillion tons, while proven coalbed gas amounts to 36.8 trillion tons, said Yuan.

As gas control and coalbed gas exploitation are worldwide problems, there would be great progress if the government increased subsidies and provided more policy support, he said.