INSTITUTE OF COMPREHENSIVE EXPLOITATION OF MINERAL RESOURCESRussian Academy of Sciences

Genève, Switzerland

7th November 2019

FUTURE OF ICE-CMMs IN RUSSIA

Region of Russian Federation

Deposits of coal,

billion t.

Coal production, million t.

Kemerovo region 635 255,3

Krasnoyarsk region 630 29,78

Republic of Komi 242 9,9

Sakhalin region 47,8 10,5

Yakutia 14 17,8

Zabaikalsky Krai 2,24 20

Primorsky Krai 2,24 9

COAL RESERVES IN RUSSIA

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* By version of Analytical center of the Government Russian Federation. Statistical compendium.

FEC Russia-2018. Published June 2019.

Distribution of coal reserves in Russia

• 57 underground mines• 119 open-pit mines

• 65 concentrating factory• 144,000 employees (600 000 with them families)

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• Total world reserves of coal methane – 260 trillion m³

• Projected reserves of coal methane in Russia – 83,7 trillion

m³ or 32% from world reserves

• Methane content of coal in Russia up to 25-30 m³/t.

• Underground mine Russia - 90% gas emission rate and 80% high gas emission rate

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COAL METHANE RESERVES

PREDICT OF DISTRIBUTION OF METHANE OF COAL SEAMS IN RUSSIA

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CBM IN RUSSIA

Average production of methane-coal wells in the world

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• CBM production – 4 million m³/ per year

• Increase up to 18-21 million m³/ per year

Dynamics of CBM production by LLC «Gazprom dobycha Kuznetsk» in Kuzbass, million m3/ per year

COAL METHANE EMISSIONSEmission of CMM – 1,7-1,9 billion m³/ per year Utilization - 0.05 billion m3/ per year

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ENERGY WEEK 2019 (MOSCOW, RUSSIA)

DIRECTIONS OF DEVELOPMENT RUSSIAN ENERGY SECTOR

• Digital transformation of the industry • The development of the coal mining market • The development nuclear energy

• Adaptation to new pricing trends in international oil markets

• Cooperation between fuel and energy companies with military-industrial complex for import substitution and technological development

• Environmental security of the energy market.7

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1. Safety

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PRIORITY TASKS OF COAL MINING

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”Center of problems of methane and gas-dynamic phenomena of coal and ore deposits”

Founded on 17th May 2018

Lab. 2.1 Physico-chemical and thermodynamic processes in rocks

Lab. 2.2 Geodynamic and gas-dynamic processes in the development of coal and ore deposits

Lab. 2.3 Geotechnological risks in the development of gas-bearing coal and ore deposits

Employees – 25: 8 – Dr., Prof.; 9 – Ph.D.; 8 – engineers;

CREATION OF ICE CMM IN RUSSIA

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• Research and development CBM, CMM, AMM technologies for increase the volume of mine methane extraction at all stages of the life cycle of the coal-methane field

• Development of methods of extraction of useful gas-air mixtures suitable for utilization, including in gas-piston / gas-turbine engine plants for produce electric and thermal energy for the needs of mining enterprises

• Development of methods for increase the use of methane captured in mines for local industry and housing

• Formation of conditions for reducing the volume of coal methane pollution into the atmosphere

• Creation and development of methods of cleaning CMM, extracting methane from it and obtaining LNG or compressed methane as a commercial product.

• Research and organizational activities to form a new resource-producing industry of the Russian Federation.

PRIORITY TASKS AND AIM OF ICE-CMM IN RUSSIA

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INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

COMPREHENSIVE SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL PROGRAM«Methane safety and energy efficiency in the

development of coal-gas deposits»

847338 – DD-MET – RFCS2018

«Advanced methane drainage strategy employing underground directional

drilling technology for major risk prevention and greenhouse gases

emission mitigation»

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Thank you for your attention!

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