×

Accelerated production of gas from a subterranean zone

  • US 8,333,245 B2
  • Filed: 09/17/2002
  • Issued: 12/18/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/17/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
First Claim
Patent Images

1. A method for surface production of gas from a subterranean zone, comprising:

  • lowering reservoir pressure in an area of a subterranean zone having a medium to low effective permeability through a multi-branching well bore pattern providing a drainage network for the area;

    producing gas from the area of the subterranean zone in two-phase flow with water from the area;

    producing twenty-five percent of total gas in the area of the subterranean zone within three years of a start of production; and

    wherein the subterranean zone comprises a coal bed.

View all claims
  • 7 Assignments
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×