The study was a flagship project for the Coal Mining Task Force of the Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate. The Coal Mining Task Force seeks to improve mine safety and increase Coal Mine Methane (CMM) production and use in Partner countries. It does this by promoting the use of more effective methane drainage technologies and techniques in advance of mining, and the recovery of low concentration CMM in ventilation air. This study identified a suitable mine in China where the potential benefits of improved methane drainage could be assessed and quantified.