With the kind permission of both the Oil & Gas Authority and the British Geological Survey, we are now able to display a series of UK Coal Resources Prospectivity Maps, along with an associated report. This study was undertaken by the BGS in 2004 and was commissioned by the then Department Of Trade & Industry as part of their Cleaner Coal Technology Transfer Programme.

The BGS looked at the potential exploitation of coal resources by both conventional mining technologies (including  underground and opencast mining, coal mine methane and abandoned mine methane) and also through new technologies such as underground coal gasification (UCG), virgin coalbed methane (VCBM) and coal seam-related carbon dioxide (CO2) sequestration.

For full information and for the supply of an interactive DVD, please contact the BGS through their Enquiry Service