The following case studies provide some examples where the best practices discussed in the Best Practice Guidance for Effective Methane Drainage and Use in Coal Mines (BPG) have been implemented at operating mines around the world. The serious consequences of failing to adopt these best practices are also highlighted.
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| Case Study 1 (Kazakhstan): New technologies of the low permeability seams degassing efficiency increasing and the sudden coal and gas outbursts prevention in “ArcelorMittal Temirtau” JSC Coal Division mines. By S. K. Baimukhametov |
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| Case Study 2 (Kazakhstan): CBM production at Karaganda coal basin as a pre-drainage solution to enhance mine safety and optimize coalmining economics By Evgeny Alexeyev, Rakhat Mustafin |
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| Case Study 3 (China): Underground Fracturing Permeability Increase and Outburst Elimination Technology in Gassy Coal Mine and Outburst Coal Mine in China By Shengchu Huang |
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| Case Study 4 (China): Coal Mine Methane Extraction Technology for Connection of Multi-lateral Horizontal Well and Underground Boreholes By Shengchu Huang |
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| Case Study 5 (United Kingdom): Achieving planned coal production from a gassy, retreat longwall with severe strata stress and a spontaneous combustion prone coal seam By Mike Pitts |
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| Case Study 6 (Germany): High performance longwall operations in areas with high gas emissions By Erwin Kunz |
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| Case Study 7 (Australia): High performance longwall operations in areas with high gas emissions By Roy Moreby, with contribution from Bharath Belle |
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| Case Study 8 (Australia): Safe mining of an outburst-prone coal seam By David Creedy |
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| Case Study 9 (China): Development of a CMM power co-generation/emission abatement scheme By David Creedy |
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| Case Study 10 (China): CMM utilisation and methane emissions mitigation at three large coal mines By David Creedy and Ruben Martinez-Rubio |
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| Case Study 11 (China): VAM –China By Richard Mattus |
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| Case Study 12 (Australia): VAM – Australia By Richard Mattus |
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| Case Study 13 (South Africa): Reducing explosion risk in room-and-pillar mines By David Creedy |
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| Case Study 14 (New Zealand): Gas explosions at Pike River coal mine By David Creedy |
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| Case Study 15 (Kazakhstan): Gas drainage gallery (subsurface pre-drainage) By Evgeny Alexeyev with contribution from Dr. Sergazy Baimukhametov |
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| Case Study 16 (Kazakhstan): CBM as a pre-drainage solution By Evgeny Alexeyev with contribution from Dr. Sergazy Baimukhametov |
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| Case Study 17 (Kazakhstan): Mine gas utilization for heating purpose By Evgeny Alexeyev with contribution from Dr. Sergazy Baimukhametov |
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| Case Study 18 (Kazakhstan): Drained CMM to power By Evgeny Alexeyev with contribution from Dr. Sergazy Baimukhametov |
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| Case Study 19 (Australia): Explosion Prevention in Coal Mine TBM Drifts By Bharath Belle |