A method for recovering gases and/or liquids stored within one or more gas and/or liquid reservoirs (1, 2) comprising: (a) locating the upper consolidated boundary, the lower consolidated boundary or both the upper and lower consolidated boundaries of the one or more gas and/or liquid reservoirs (1, 2); (b) drilling a water well; (c) drilling an access well which extends downwardly to at least adjacent the upper consolidated boundary, the lower consolidated boundary or both the upper and lower consolidated boundaries of the one or more gas and/or liquid reservoirs (1, 2); (d) drilling a section of the access well extending along or adjacent at least a portion of the consolidated upper boundary, the lower consolidated boundary or both the upper and lower consolidated boundaries of the one or more gas and/or liquid reservoirs (1, 2) wherein the section of the access well does not enter the one or more gas and/or liquid reservoirs (1, 2); (e) creating permeability pathways from the one or more gas and/or liquid reservoirs (1, 2) to enable the release of gas and/or liquid from the one or more gas and/or liquid reservoirs (1, 2) into the access well, the permeability pathways being created using at least one of: (i) a perforating system; (ii) a jetting system; (iii) a sequential fracture stimulation system; (iv) explosives; and (v) high pressure water jets; and (f) recovering the released gas and/or liquid through the access well; wherein after water has been removed via the water well to decrease water pressure, the released gas and/or liquid travels through the permeability pathways into the section and then access well and is recovered at the top of access well in a released gas and/or liquid recovery system. (a) locating the upper consolidated boundary, the lower consolidated boundary or both the upper and lower consolidated boundaries of the one or more gas and/or liquid reservoirs (1, 2); (b) drilling a water well; (c) drilling an access well which extends downwardly to at least adjacent the upper consolidated boundary, the lower consolidated boundary or both the upper and lower consolidated boundaries of the one or more gas and/or liquid reservoirs (1, 2); (d) drilling a section of the access well extending along or adjacent at least a portion of the consolidated upper boundary, the lower consolidated boundary or both the upper and lower consolidated boundaries of the one or more gas and/or liquid reservoirs (1, 2) wherein the section of the access well does not enter the one or more gas and/or liquid reservoirs (1, 2); (e) creating permeability pathways from the one or more gas and/or liquid reservoirs (1, 2) to enable the release of gas and/or liquid from the one or more gas and/or liquid reservoirs (1, 2) into the access well, the permeability pathways being created using at least one of: (i) a perforating system; (ii) a jetting system; (iii) a sequential fracture stimulation system; (iv) explosives; and (v) high pressure water jets; and (i) a perforating system; (ii) a jetting system; (iii) a sequential fracture stimulation system; (iv) explosives; and (v) high pressure water jets; and (f) recovering the released gas and/or liquid through the access well; wherein after water has been removed via the water well to decrease water pressure, the released gas and/or liquid travels through the permeability pathways into the section and then access well and is recovered at the top of access well in a released gas and/or liquid recovery system.