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Q: What are the advantages of coal seam gas?
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What is a coal stream?

It is possible that you actually mean "coal seam." A coal seam is a layer of coal in the ground. The "dirt" above the seam is known as "overburden.


How do they know how much coal is in a coal mine?

They core drill from the surface down and remove samples. These core samples give them the coal seam thickness and coal quality. Multiply the seam thickness by total area and you have the coal reserves, typically measured in acre-feet.


By which process is anthracite coal formed from bituminous coal?

In the US, the anthracite coal seam exists primarily in Eastern Pennsylvania. Across the Appalachian Mountains begins Bituminous coal in the geological area called the Pittsburgh Coal Seam-- - an area extending from Western Pennsylvania, Western West Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana. Metamorphosis transforms anthracite coal, a hard coal, to Bituminous coal, a soft coal.


What are the advantages of coal?

The advantages of coal are that it is fairly cheap to purchase and the Earth still holds large reserves of coal, at least compared to oil and gas. A lot of our infrastructure is already set up to use it. Being solid it is easy to store, and because it's not easy to ignite it's also safe to store. Another benefit coal has is that other materials can be made from it, for example fertilizers, paints, and plastics.


What are advantages of coal?

The advantages of coal are that it is fairly cheap to purchase and the Earth still holds large reserves of coal, at least compared to oil and gas. A lot of our infrastructure is already set up to use it. Being solid it is easy to store, and because it's not easy to ignite it's also safe to store. Another benefit coal has is that other materials can be made from it, for example fertilizers, paints, and plastics.