CBM licensing round draws few biddersThe latest coal bed methane (CBM) licensing round saw a disappointing turnout, with seven of thirteen blocks receiving no bids and four att...
Reliance, Essar top bidders for coal-based methane gas exploration blocksThe bidding frenzy for coal-bed methane blocks heats up as Reliance Industries and the Essar Group step into the ring. The Directorate Gene...
Essar Oil & Gas to invest $100 million to expand Raniganj CBM outputThe proposed investment marks the next phase of development at Raniganj East, where EOGEPL currently produces around 1 million standard cub...
Essar Oil & Gas invests in microbial eCBM technology to boost outputEssar Oil & Gas which has so far invested Rs 5,000 crore in finding and producing gas from coal seams, called CBM, plans to invest an addit...
Bidding for CBM blocks to start on February 15, end on March 15: DGHThe government has offered 15 blocks in Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Odisha and Chhattisgarh for extracting gas fro...
Essar signs MoU with IIT Dhanbad (ISM) for R&D in CBM gas explorationThe Memorandum of Understanding for collaboration provides for finding "an effective solution for various technological and operational cha...
Essar to invest Rs 900 crore in Raniganj CBM blockThe CBM block located in West Bengal has already received funds to the tune of Rs 4,000 crore for drilling wells and developing infrastruct...
Cabinet simplifies CBM exploration from CIL blocksThe Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs granted relaxation to Coal India and its subsidiaries from applying for grant of license under th...
Essar sells Raniganj CBM block to GAIL using Reliance formulaOil producing firm EOGEPL has reportedly invested Rs 4,000 crore in the block so far. It has 348 completed CBM wells and a robust gas & wat...
RIL prima-facie not complied with CBM policy norm: Oil MinistryRIL said it has abided by CBM pricing policy’s stated objective of discovering the best possible price that maximises state revenue and roy...
Government to offer 6 CBM blocks for bidding in 5th roundGovernment is likely to offer six coal bed methane (CBM) blocks, all in Gujarat, under 5th round of auction this fiscal, a senior oil minis...
Cabinet note on CBM moved: Coal Secretary Anil SwarupIn a bid to boost production of coal bed methane (CBM), a Cabinet note has been moved with an aim to exploit this alternative fuel to its f...
Cabinet may allow CIL to produce gas from coal seamsThe Cabinet may this week allow state-owned miner Coal India Ltd to produce natural gas from coal seams (CBM) in its existing coal mines.
Essar sells CBM gas at $9.16-11.63; GEECL at $8.46-22.01State-owned ONGC, which is one of the three operators producing coal-bed methane (CBM), charges $ 5.71 per million British thermal unit.
Cabinet note likely on CIL plan to explore CBMAt present, companies such as GEECL and ONGC are exploring and extracting CBM from blocks falling in areas under Coal India’s jurisdiction.
- Oil Min looks set to reject RIL's CBM price
The Petroleum Ministry looks set to reject the price Reliance Industries has proposed for gas it will produce from below coal seams, CBM, c...
- OilMin to decide on Reliance Industries' CBM gas price formula
The Oil Ministry today said it will decide on Reliance Industries' February 21 proposal for pricing of CBM gas "in line with the provisions...