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The typical characteristic of stoning band coal seams is of multi-layers and low permeability, so fractured vertical well is usually used in the CBM development of this kind of coal seams. As far as the reservoir simulation of vertical fractured CBM wells is concerned, the fracture characterization technique is of great importance. Taking the vertical fractured pilots in F coal measures of Bowen Basin in Australia as an example, this paper will illustrate the application of fracture characterization technique in reservoir simulation. Its highlight is to scientifically characterize the shape of hydraulic fractures and quantitatively describe the reservoir permeability improvement after fracturing through “MULTX” of grid conductivity with Tartan grid model, thereby determining key parameters for the reservoir simulation of fractured vertical wells and providing a scientific basis for establishing CBM development plan and forecasting ultimate recoverable reserves.

SIS well is a successful technology for coalbed methane development. In this paper, the drilling and completion technology were introduced systematically on the aspects of optimization design of well profile, drilling equipment, drilling and completion technology of vertical well and horizontal well, and intersection technique of these two wells. Two new well patterns, i.e., commingled well and boat-shape well were also proposed. When application this technology to other areas, some improvement may should be made according to special geological data.

Because the extremely low permeability for tight gas reservoirs, lead to the way to seepage and the shape of production curves different with the convention reservoirs; this will increase the difficulty to develop the tight gas reservoirs; on the other hand, the convention exploit cannot recover the tight gas with commercial value, with this problem, the main solution is the technology of multi-stage fractured horizontal wells, the fractured can provide the channel for gas to transport, the horizontal wells can increase the seepage area of tight gas, it’s the guarantee to get the commercial value. But, at present, the study on the tight was dependent on the method of convention gas reservoirs, the production curve get from this method also the same with the convention gas reservoirs, in order to close with the really exploitation of tight gas reservoirs and provide the more accurate scientific evidence, we must study based on the feature of tight gas reservoir, in this situation, we can get the suitable production curves for tight gas reservoirs. This paper based on the feature of tight gas reservoir, combine with the model of multi-stage fractured horizontal wells, and get the production equation of tight gas, combine with the yield of discard time, we can get the type curve, and then get the C level reserves of region.

Coal bed methane (CBM) is a kind of natural gas that generated from coal and disseminated organic matters during the stage of diagenesis and coalification, which mainly composed of methane and hosted in coal seam by free, adsorbed, and dissolved forms. Genetic, reservoir type and occurrence condition in CBM are different from traditional reservoir. And the high-produced development wells in CBM aiming to drill more coal seams with high quality therefore needs to be analyzed in the methods that are different from traditional reservoir. 3 important factors including the study on correlation and elevation depth of coal seam roof and floor in section and areal by using well-seismic ties, outcrop boundary based on coal mine data and distributions of CBM reservoir properties in 3D model are needed for high-produced development well analyze in CBM. Application in Australia CBM project shows this methodology is very successful for the development well design with high production.