Table of Contents

Chapter 1 – Introduction

Chapter 2 – Coal as Multifaceted Energy Resources

Chapter 3 – Global Coal Endowment and Gas Potential (NEW) 

Chapter 4 – Peat, Peatlands, Peat Gas, and Depositional Systems

Chapter 5 – Coal Composition and Influence on Coal Gas Reservoirs

Chapter 6 – Burial and the Effect on Organics and Gas Reservoirs

Chapter 7 – Evaluating Gas Quantities

Chapter 8 – Producing Gas from Coal Reservoirs

Chapter 9 – Groundwater Systems, Produced Water, and Biogenic Coalbed Gas (NEW)

Chapter 10 – Worldwide Coalbed Gas Development: Revisited

Chapter 11 – Changing Landscape of Coal and Coalbed Gas: Net Zero Carbon Emissions (NEW) 

About the Author

Dr. Flores served as a Research Scientist in the Energy Resources Center of the U.S. Geological Survey from 1975–2010; Professor and Chair of the Department of Geology at Sul Ross State University, Alpine, Texas 1966–1975; adjunct faculty at several U.S. universities and external PhD examiner for the Université de Liège, University of the Witwatersrand, and University of Natal from 1982–2010; and consulting geologist/advisor to Anadarko CBM Group in Denver, CO, USA, AECOM/BLM CBM hydrostratigraphy-groundwater modelling for Powder River Basin in Fort Collins, CO, USA, Shanxi Lanyan Coalbed Methane Group and Biogenic Gas Laboratory in Jincheng, China. Since 1995 Dr. Flores has served as an Editorial Board Member of International Journal of Coal Geology, edited international special publications, and organized U.S.-international conferences. Dr. Flores has authored/co-authored publications in coal geology, peat-coal depositional environments, sedimentology, stratigraphy, hydrostratigraphy, basin analysis, coal and coalbed gas resources assessment, coalmine methane, and biogenic coalbed gas of the U.S. and other countries. Dr. Flores is the principal author of the Coal and Coalbed Gas: Fueling the Future, 2014, First Edition and forthcoming Chinese (translation) version.

Dr. Flores is a recipient of several national and international awards: U.S. Department of Interior Distinguished Service Award, U.S. Geological Survey Meritorious Service Award, , Geological Society of America Gilbert H. Cady Award in Coal Geology, University of the Philippines Alumni Award in Geology, Philippines La Union Province Pammadayaw Award, and University of Canterbury Angus Erskine Fellow Award.

Since 2010 Tim has been the Managing Director of Cipher Consulting, specialising in the understanding of, and exploration for, organic-rich sediments, including coal, coalbed methane and shale gas. He holds the positions of Adjunct Associate Professor at the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, Australia and as Distinguished Visiting Professor at China University of Mining and Technology. Tim has also been Principal Advisor – Subsurface for Sinopec Oil & Gas Australia Pty Ltd., Principal Geologist/Asset Geologist for Origin Energy Ltd, Chief Geologist & Senior Advisor for Ephindo Energy Ltd. and Senior Advisor for Dart Energy Ltd. He has acted as an Expert Witness for international arbitrations and for civil and criminal cases. He is also on the Editorial Boards of the International Journal of Coal Geology, the Indonesian Journal on Geoscience and Adsorption Science & Technology. Tim has over 250 papers in international refereed journals, reports and abstracts.