1. Coal quality parameters Resources Calorificvalue Sulphur Ash

2. Hydrocarbons Petroleum and natural gas

4. 1853 pharmacist Ignacy Łukasiewicz switched on the first oil lamp in a hospital in Lvov (this city is in Ukraine now, till the World War Ist it was in the Galician province of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire)

11. Gazprom Enter to energy security

12. „ Shale belt in Poland „ 37 000 km², , 12% area

13. US Department of Energy (2011) estimated shale gas reserves ~22,45 bln m³ (10¹²) 5,3 bln m³ possible Polish Geological Institute PIG – PIB (2014) Estimated reserves 346-768 mld m³ (109)

14. Bituminuos (hard) coal in Poland

15. O2 O2 CO2

17. Carboniferouscoalbasins Jasnoszary – zasięg utworów karbońskich, szary – węglonośne utwory karbońskie, ciemnoszary – zagłębia węglowe: GZW – Górnośląskie, DZW – Dolnośląskie, LZW – Lubelskie, Ru – Ruhry, Ib – Ibbenbüren, Ac – Aachen–Erkelenz, Li – Limburgii, Ca – Campine, Wa – Walonii, PdC – Pas de Calais, Ke – Kentu, B-S – Bristol–Somerset, PW – Południowej Walii, Yo – Yorkshire

18. Carboniferous in Central Europe

19. Upper Silesian Coal Basin USCB Resources ~52 Mrd. t, economically 4,7 mld t Thickness of the economically coal seam ≥ 1,5 m Coal quality: H.V.B.C. – Anthracite Depth ~1000 m Longwall , shearer (seldom coal plough) Employment ~100 000

20. Coal mines in the USCB

21. Jastrzębie Coal Company Plc (5 coal mines) coking coals ~13 000 000 t/a 54 000 t/d efficiency 3600 kg/ M. day).depth 600-900 m , Katowice Coal Holding (4 +1 coal mines)∑ ~15 Mio. t/a Coal mines unfavorable located under Silesian cities. Coal seam 510 thickness 24 m Kompania Węglowa ( Coal Company Plc with 15 coal mines), 60 000 employeers (the biggest employer in European coal mining) Piast coal mine 25 000 t/day (~7 Mio. t./a).

22. Lithostratigraphy of Upper Silesian Coal Basin

23. Geologic map

25. Coal seam 510 Namurian B

28. Overthrustsin Upper SilesianCoalBasin

29. Geological structure in Gliwice area

30. COAL RANK DISTRIBUTION AT THE CARBONIFEROUS TOP SURFACE 31-33 H.V.B. 34-37 M.V.B. 38 L.V.B. 41, 42 anthracite

31. LUBLIN COAL BASIN

32. Resourcess 9,2 Mrd. t, economically 0,33 Mrd. t) LCB 1 coal mine„Bogdanka” ~6 Mio. t/aWorkable coal seam thickness, in depth 750-1000 m, between 1,3-1,7 m (max.3,8 m).

35. Concession area for exploration

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