Coal bed gas well apparatus and method with minable non-sparking tubular and valve components

A method of drilling, treating, and recovering gas from a coal bed formation prior to mining the formation, comprising the steps of:

• drilling a wellbore to extend horizontally in the coal bed formation;
• providing tubing and a plurality of valves:
• installing the tubing and a plurality of valves in the wellbore with the plurality of valves spaced along the wellbore;
• selectively opening the valves and pumping treatment fluids from the tubing, through the valves and into the coal bed formation;
• producing gas through the tubing from the coal bed formation;
• and
• thereafter, mining the materials, tubing and valves located in the coal bed without creating sparks.