Coal-measure gas field output hits 3 billion cu m

China's first successfully developed deep coal-measure gas field has achieved cumulative production of over 3 billion cubic meters, its operator China National Petroleum Corp said.

The Daji gas field, one of the first coalbed methane (CBM) national demonstration projects located on the eastern edge of the Ordos Basin, saw its 2024 output surge to 1.69 billion cubic meters, marking a 79.2 percent year-on-year increase, it said.

Coal-measure gas is a new type of unconventional natural resource that is widely distributed across coal-rich basins such as the Ordos Basin, Sichuan Basin, and Junggar Basin, with estimated reserves exceeding 40 trillion cubic meters.