煤层气产业是近20多年来在世界上崛起的新兴能源产业。煤层气是煤炭的共、伴生气体资源,在采煤行业俗称“瓦斯”,在北美油气行业被称作“煤层中的天然气”,并归类为一种非常规气体能源。1996年3月中联煤层气公司的崛起,标志着我国煤层气开发初步进入了产业化发展阶段。从上世纪80年代末到 The CBM industry is an emerging energy industry that has risen in the world in the past two decades or so. CBM is a total coal, associated gas resources, commonly known in the coal mining industry as “gas”, in the North American oil and gas industry is called “natural gas in coal seams,” and classified as an unconventional gas energy. The rise of China United Coalbed Methane Company in March 1996 marked the initial stage of industrialization development of CBM in China. From the late 80s of last century