Subject Code: ES6L111	Subject Name: Applied Coal Petrography & Coal Bed Methane	L-T-P: 3-0-0	Credit: 3
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Coal depositional environments; Controls on coal quality; Coal occurrence; Maceral (kerogen) types; Liquid- vs. gas-prone kerogen; Effects of maceral type on gas sorption and diffusion; Coal bed gas origin; Thermal maturity of coal; Coal bed gas composition and heating value; Coal bed permeability; Estimation of coal tonnage and gas volume; Coal bed exploration models; Case studies. Text/Reference Books: Seidle, J., Fundamentals of Coalbed Methane Reservoir Engineering, PennWell Corporation D.W. van Krevelen, Coal, Third Edition: Typology - Physics - Chemistry - Constitution (Coal Science &  Technology), Elsevier Science Isabel Suárez-Ruiz, John C. Crelling, Applied Coal Petrology: The Role of Petrology in Coal Utilization, Academic Press