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Control and prevention of gas outbursts María B. Díaz Aguado C. González （International Journal of Coal Geology 69(2007)253-266） Abstract： Underground coal mines have always had to control the presence of different gases in the mining environment. Among these gases, methane is the most important one, since it is inherent to coal. Despite of the technical developments in recent decades, methane hazards have not yet been fully avoided. This is partly due to the increasing depths of modern mines, where methane emissions are higher, and also to other mining related circumstances, such as the increase in production rates and its consequences: difficulties in controlling the increasing methane levels, increasing mechanization, the use of explosives and not paying close attention to methane control systems. The main purposes of this paper are to establish site measurements using some critical parameters that are not part of the standard mining control methods for risk assessment and to analyze the gas behavior of subvertical coal seams in deep mines in order to prevent gas incidents from occurring. The ultimate goal is the improvement in mining conditions and therefore in safety conditions. Key words： Coal mines，coal-seam methane，gas pressure，permeability，gas outburst- potential. 一.Introduction Coalbed and coal mine methane research is thriving due to the fact that power generation from coal mine methane will continue to be a growing industry over the coming years in certain countries. For instance, China, where 790 Mm3 of CH4 were drained off in 1999 (Huang, 2000), has 30 Tm3 of estimated CBM potential in the developed mining areas (Zhu, 2000). The estimate by Tyler et al. (1992) of the inplace gas in the United States is about 19 Tm3, while Germanys total estimated coalbed methane resources are 3 Tm3, very similar to Polish or English resources (World Coal Institute, 1998). This increase in the CBM commerce has opened up new lines of research and has allowed the