Research Article

Permeability Enhancement and Gas Drainage Effect in Deep High Gassy Coal Seams via Long-Distance Pressure Relief Mining: A Case Study

Table 1

Coalbed permeability in primary coal mining countries [10, 11].

CountryMining areaPermeability (mD)

Germany, Poland10−2 – 10−1
AustraliaSydney basin10−3 – 1.5 × 10−1
Bowen basin10−2 – 102
AmericaSan Juan basin10 – 1.5 × 102
Black warrior basin5 – 50
ChinaMost mining areas10−4 – 10−3
Pingdingshan mining area10−4 – 2.28 × 10−2
Fengcheng, Shuicheng, Hegang, Liulin, and Kailuan mining areas10−1 – 1.8