China’s ambitious targets for the commercial production of coal-bed methane need “a reality check”, according to a consultant’s report into the country’s efforts to extract the high-energy gas trapped in coal deposits.
This autumn marks the fifth anniversary of China’s first commercial CBM production. Beijing announced an aggressive target of 5bn cubic metres a year by 2010.
However, production of the gas is currently just a quarter of that.
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