MANAGE YOUR GAS DRAINAGE BETTER.

UNDERSTAND THE GAS RESERVOIR – BEFORE YOU MINE IT

Knowledge of a coal seam’s gas reservoir properties is typically derived from sporadic, high resolution, low lateral certainty spot sampling or through gas desorption and isotherm testing. Permeability data is typically sparse, and desorption rates and sorption capacity are derived from laboratory-based tests.

Our Yabby Gas System measures actual conditions ahead of the mining face from UIS drilling rigs.  This approach measures a much greater volume of actual coal seam gas reservoir data than more traditional methods and incorporates a strategy of risk management that proportionally considers the many elements that affect gas reservoir risk.

The tools now exist to vastly improve our understanding of the gas reservoir properties of a coal seam. Underground in-seam drill-mounted gas analysis systems can provide vital geological and gas reservoir data, including gas content and make, desorption rate, permeability, RSI, and pore pressure continuously within a borehole. This provides a database of essential data for the entire length of an in-seam directionally drilled borehole. Instead of relying entirely on sporadic and potentially unrepresentative core-based data, a holistic view of the coal seam gas reservoir ahead of the face is now attainable.