Industry Insights
Increasing natural gas demand owing to its ecofriendly existence has led to the development of unconventional reserves such as coalbed methane (CBM). Shift in trend towards adoption of cleaner fuels in power generation and in transportation industry as an alternative to coal and petroleum products has been the major factor for the growth of natural gas demand. Depleting conventional oil & gas reserves has led to the shift in exploration of unconventional reserves such as shale, CBM and tight gas. According to BP Energy Outlook 2030, natural gas is anticipated to have demand at par with crude oil in the global energy basket. This increase in demand for natural gas coupled with developing unconventional gas reserves is expected to be a major driving factor for CBM market over the next six years. Growing E&P activities globally is also expected to have a positive impact on the market growth. Increasing environmental hazards related to petroleum crude and coal along with favourable regulatory scenario for unconventional reserves is anticipated to augment market growth. Increasing global natural gas trading and rising gas prices has further led to feasible extraction of CBM in Australia and China. This is further supported by the development of horizontal drilling and fracturing technologies.
Increasing groundwater contamination in coal basins due to CBM extraction has put the market under several environmental regulations. This is expected to have a negative impact on the market growth. The CBM market growth is also restrained by its high cost of extraction.
For More Informaion About TOC Of Global Coal bed Methane (CBM) Market: http://www.hexaresearch.com/research-report/coal-bed-methane-cbm-market-analysis-segment-forecasts-2020/
Application Insights
Power generation was the largest application segment for coal bed methane market and accounted for over 35% of the total market volume in 2013. CBM has the maximum methane purity and is...