Research Article

Full-Scale Pore and Microfracture Characterization of Deep Coal Reservoirs: A Case Study of the Benxi Formation Coal in the Daning–Jixian Block, China

Table 1

Properties of the Benxi Formation coal in the Daning–Jixian block.

Sample IDDepth (m)Formation (%)He porosity (%)Permeability (mD)Maceral composition (%)Proximate analysis (%)
VIEM

DJ57-11884.28Benxi2.136.6411.0170.3313.871.9313.870.8528.657.9962.51
DJ57-21886.21Benxi2.123.238.3679.9610.509.540.7729.738.9860.52
DJ57-31887.32Benxi2.206.341.4276.484.78018.740.8624.748.0666.34

Notes: = maximum reflectance of vitrinite; V = vitrinite; I = inertinite; E = exinite; M = mineral; = moisture content; = ash yield; = volatile yield; = fixed carbon content.