摘要
Foreign energy companies are flocking to China to participate in the development of a potentially meaningful new energy source, coalbed methane, which is found in coal deposits. China United Coalbed Methane Co. Ltd. signed a contract with U.S.-based Orion Energy International Inc. on April 5 to jointly exploit the resource in the Sanjiao region of coal-rich Shanxi Province. Covering an area of some 462 square km, Sanjiao is home to rich coalbed methane reserves with thick, multi-level coalbeds that have ...