Why focus on CBM production?
Unconventional gas resources, such as CBM, will become increasingly important in the years ahead. Canada’s conventional natural gas production peaked in 2000 and has been declining ever since. Western Canada’s conventional gas pools tend to be mature fields with production rates falling and few major conventional fields left to be discovered. It will take unconventional gas resources, like coalbed methane, to fill the gap between declining gas supply and consumer and industrial demand.
