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Coal Mine Methane And Coalbed Methane
Development In The Donetsk Region, Ukraine
According to published estimates, the total methane resources contained in coal seams of
0.3m or greater in thickness and located at depths between 500 to 1,800m are estimated to
be 1,164 to 2,500 billion m 3 . Considering only the principal geologic/industrial districts, the
methane resource is estimated to be approximately 855 billion m 3 . 5,6 as referenced in
Exhibit 1.7.
Geology Area
Number of Coal Seams
Under Analysis
Content of Methane in Coal
Seams, Billion m 3
Krasnoarmeysk 33 231.5
Donetsk-Makeyevka 59 202.1
Central 46 84.8
Torez-Snezhnoye 39 37.5
Lisichnsk 25 37.5
Lugansk 39 47.5
Almazny-Mariyevsky 53 81.2
Krasnodonsky 24 56.2
Bokovo-Kyrustalsky 31 40.1
Seleznyovsky 32 51.9
Total: 855.3
Exhibit 1.7 Estimated Total Methane In Place of the 10 Principal Mining Districts in Ukraine
The concentration of the CBM resource in the SW Donbass Region is relatively high
compared to U.S. basins, with concentrations ranging from 90 to 107 billion m 3 /km 2 . These
estimates were made by the Donetskgeologiya Company and Raven Ridge Resources, Inc.
(USA) (Exhibit 1.8).
5
B. Kosenko, “Methane Reserves of Coal Seams of Donbass”, Ukraine Coal 1980, #12.
6
V. Zaydenvarg, A. Ayruni, R. Glazov, A. Brizhanyov, Y. Petrova, “Complex Approaches to Methane Deposits”, Moscow,
CNIEIUUgol, 1993
Geologic Assessment and CMM/CBM Resource Base Analysis 1-14