Geological controls on gas content distribution of coal seams in the Kınık coalfield, Soma Basin, Turkey

The Miocene Soma Coal Basin may be one of the most promising areas for low-rank coalbed methane in Turkey. So far, the coalbed methane potential of the coal seams in the Kınık Coalfield, Soma Basin has not been adequately studied. A systematic investigation was performed on the gas content distribution of the kP1 and kM2 coal seams and its geological controls, which has been based on the geological data and the experimental results of 84 coal...