The gas generation features of coals at different maturities were studied by the anhydrous pyrolysis of Jurassic coal from the Minhe Basin in sealed gold tubes at 50 MPa. The gas component yields (C 1 , C 2 , C 3 , i-C 4 , n-C 4 , i-C 5 , n-C 5 , and CO 2); the d 13 C of C 1 , C 2 , C 3 , and CO 2 ; and the mass of the liquid hydrocarbons (C 6?) were measured. On the basis of these data, the stage changes of d 13 C 1 , d 13 C 2 , d 13 C 3 , and d 13 CO 2 were calculated. The diagrams of d 13 C 1-d 13 C 2 vs ln (C 1 / C 2) and d 13 C 2-d 13 C 1 vs d 13 C 3-d 13 C 2 were used to evaluate the gas generation features of the coal maturity stages. At the high maturity evolution stage (T [ 527.6°C at 2°C/h), the stage change of d 13 C 1 and the CH 4 yield are much higher than that of CO 2 , suggesting that high maturity coal could still generate methane. When T \ 455°C, CO 2 is generated by breaking bonds between carbons and heteroatoms. The reaction between different sources of coke and water may be the reason for the complicated stage change in d 13 C CO 2 when the temperature was higher than 455°C. With increasing pyrolysis temperature, d 13 C 1-d 13 C 2 vs ln (C 1 /C 2) has four evolution stages corresponding to the early stage of breaking bonds between carbon and hetero atoms, the later stage of breaking bonds between carbon and hetero atoms, the cracking of C 6? and coal demethylation, and the cracking of C 2-5. The d 13 C 2-d 13 C 1 vs d 13 C 3-d 13 C 2 has three evolution stages corresponding to the breaking bonds between carbon and hetero atoms, demethylation and cracking of C 6? , and cracking of C 2-5 .