Royal Dutch Shell's move on Arrow Energy is an important step forward in the company's development of Australia's coal bed methane.

荷兰皇家壳牌(Royal Dutch Shell)收购Arrow Energy，是该公司开发澳大利亚煤层气战略向前迈出的重要一步。

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Triaxial creep tests on coal rocks are carried out by Step Method and the XTR01 electric-fluid servo compression machine.

使用XTR01型微机控制电液伺服试验机，采用梯级加载法，对煤岩进行了三轴蠕变试验。

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The reaction character of coal in the different conversion stage achieved will help to the next step experiment, industry design and operation.

获得了煤在这三种转化过程中的反应特性及其影响因素，从而用于指导试验和工业设计及运行。

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And with regulators making things increasingly tougher on coal, shale is expected to step in and fill the void.

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Separately, a government official said China would continue to rely on domestic coal production for most of its energy needs but was also looking to step up investment in renewable industries.

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Moreover, much of the coal he bought from Burlington is low-quality lignite, a brownish fuel one step removed from peat, which can't be transported because it tends to spontaneously combust.

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