China Energy Plans To Reduce Its Dependence On Coal

China Business Weekly reported in July 2000 "To prevent gas explosions, China emits 6 billion cubic meters of methane mines annually, seriously polluting the environment ...", the greatest instruments of last year, the satellite monitoring the environment in the world, Envisat of the European Space Agency, revealed the greatest amount of world nitrogen dioxide was hanging over Beijing and northeast China. Because the country emits more methane from its coal mining than any other coal producing country, China pollutes the atmosphere of the earth with about a third of total annual emissions of methane. March 6th, People's Daily reported, "Shanxi, the largest coal producer in China province, plans to halt the expansion of coal mining in the next five years." GDP aggressive country, China has implemented reforms to maximize its energy efficiency and minimize environmental damage and loss of life. Coal produces about 70 percent of China's energy supply in 2005. The Chinese government worries China's dependence on coal could rise above 80 percent over the next five years. Nontraditional sources are encouraged to clean up the environment and reduce China's dependence on foreign oil. StockInterview.com has been widely discussed race in China for uranium as the country launched the most aggressive nuclear program since the United States in the 1970s Along with nuclear energy, China hopes exponential growth of its program natural gas as a way to reduce its astronomical levels of air pollution.

Economic growth reached nearly 10 percent in 2005. The strain imposed on China's natural resources and the work was taking its toll. February 20, China Daily, "Most of China's gas power plants are on the point of closure because of a shortage of natural gas." Yonggan Wang, Secretary General of Electricity Council China, said almost 40 percent of the capacity of the power plant of China was not used due to lack of gas supply. Wang warned a plan developed by the National Commission for Development and Reform Commission to increase China's gas power capacity to 30 gigawatts by 2010 (compared to 10.7 now) would make "such targets impossible to achieve, "due to gas shortfalls.

Ambitious Coal Bed Methane Gas Development in China

One of the more serious reforms being addressed is the energy crisis within the context of the stigma now attached to China environment. Following the examples of coal in the US industry, mainly in San Juan Basin of New Mexico Basin Wyoming Powder River Basin and Black Warrior Alabama, and the last increase in Alberta Horseshoe Canyon, China has moved aggressive for the development of a methane gas from coal deposits industry. According to the record US Geological Survey, "The carbonization process wherein the plant material is gradually converted into coal, produces vast quantities of methane-rich gas, which are stored in the coal. The presence of gas has long been recognized because of explosions, and explosions associated with underground coal mining. Only recently, coal was recognized as a reservoir rock and a rock fountain, which represents a huge energy resource developing "unconventional"."

In a 2005 report published by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, coal bed methane is taken very seriously as an alternative energy source with potential for growth in the energy mix of the United States, "Geologists call it continuous gas, but is also called unconventional gas or even weird gas. 2025 to be 44 percent-- matching the role of conventional gas -. With 12 remaining percent of imported domestic supplies"

In 2010, China hopes to increase its dependence on combustion cleaner fuels such as nuclear and natural gas. Recent statistics show natural gas to about 3 percent of the energy mix in China. Official statistics show that China uses 2.45 tons of water to produce one ton of coal. Coal bed methane, a byproduct, is often wasted. In 1996, China established China United Coalbed Methane (CUCBM) to take advantage of this by-product and help reduce the toxic pollution and alarming deaths, generated by coal mining. CUCBM is a unique professional company with the exclusive right to explore and develop coalbed methane resources in joint ventures with foreign companies. It is jointly controlled by the Company Energy PetroChina and China Coal Energy Group Corporation.

Methane gas is in the conventional anticlinal trap (angled down), but is stored in the ground and different product than natural gas. Over the last twenty years, new technologies have been developed for methane gas drilling and completing production wells. For example, in New Mexico gas production governs the modern era of hydrocarbons. China is happy to approach a fraction of this report.

CBM development also reduce pest mines safety issues in China.

CUCBM actively developed industry methane coal beds in China by taking advantage of the experience, technology and capital of its foreign partners. ""China is seeking investment and cooperation in the production of foreign energy, especially clean energy.

As a light hydrocarbon, coal bed methane is among the cleanest sources of energy. Published reports show that China coalbed methane resources (CBM), buried in a recoverable depth of 2000 meters, are estimated at approximately 36.81 trillion cubic meters. China has the third largest CBM resource in the world. According to an article on March 9 People's Daily ", bed coal China's methane industry has made significant progress in 2005." About 340 CBM wells were drilled across the country. Full coverage of those contracts now extends about 34,000 square kilometers of surface coal basins below China. CUCBM by 2010 plans to increase coalbed methane production to help meet the national gas growth target of 10 billion cubic meters.

CBM contracts of the Power Corporation in Asia Pacific in China

The first Canadian publicly traded company awarded a contract from the production sharing was Pacific Asia China Energy Inc. (PACE), which holds the PSC through its wholly owned subsidiary, Asia Canada Energy Corp. Pacific Asia China Energy, which trades on the TSX Venture Exchange under the ticker symbol of PCE, also holds a second PSC through another wholly owned subsidiary China Canada Energy Corporation. It was the first we design company Guizhou in southern China interested.

Dr. Marchioni helped co-author" An assessment coal methane exploration projects in Canada, "published by the Geological Survey of Canada. China Daily southern China, where the Guizhou province is located, is facing gas shortage problems because of the high energy demand of Guangdong province.