Shanxi extracts record amount of coalbed methane

TAIYUAN, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- China's coal-rich province of Shanxi extracted 7.16 billion cubic meters of coalbed methane in the first eight months of 2023, a record high for the January-August period, according to the provincial statistics bureau.

Shanxi's coalbed methane output accounted for about 81.8 percent of the country's total in the first eight months this year.