Experts to draft white paper on methane managementA white paper on capturing methane, particularly coal bed methane, will be submitted to the Indian government based on the results of a day...
24 May, 2023, 02.10 PM IST
Harnessing 10% of coal bed methane reserves can cut India's energy import bill by $2 billion: Experts"Plan is to increase the production to over one billion tonne by 2025-26. Therefore, we collectively must tap and utilise Coal Bed Methane ...
15 May, 2023, 11.02 AM IST
US federal agency funds methane capture project IndiaAccording to the press release, the USTDA-funded feasibility study will develop recommendations on extracting, gathering, compressing, and ...
10 Mar, 2023, 11.45 AM IST
- Coal India Limited forays into extraction of coal bed methane
On Thursday, the coal behemoth said it has issued a letter of acceptance to a domestic company for methane extraction from coal seams in it...
17 Jun, 2021, 05.13 PM IST
CIL begins process of developing Rs 2,474 cr CBM projectsCompanies are invited to bid for exploration, development, production, marketing of the blocks, CIL said. While the investment for Jharia (...
17 May, 2020, 04.56 PM IST
Coal India exploration arm to implement CBM projectsA memorandum of agreement was recently signed by the consultancy arm with subsidiaries, Bharat Coking Coals and Eastern Coal Fields for dev...
10 May, 2020, 07.41 AM IST
CMPDIL enters into an understanding with SBICap to offer servicesPotential areas of cooperation shall include technical advisory by CMPDIL for works undertaken by SBICap and financial advisory by SBICap f...
10 Jan, 2020, 05.18 PM IST
Coal India may invite global firms to extract coal bed methaneIn 2004, the company received funding from UNDP Global Environment Fund and the Centre to set up a pilot project in Jharkhand’s Moonidih co...
01 Aug, 2018, 12.12 PM IST
CIL to extract methane before mining coalIn order to avoid fatalities at deposits with high concentration of such gas, the practice has been to puncture these seams and inject air ...
17 Apr, 2018, 07.47 AM IST
New tax rate to help power companies save Rs 6,000 crore, says CIL bossThermal power generation companies would buy around 600 million tonnes of coal at the reduced tax rate, resulting in the savings.
14 Sep, 2017, 11.22 PM IST
E- auction is most transparent way to access coal: Sutirtha Bhattacharya of Coal IndiaWe would also like to promote very strongly the clean coal technologies.
17 Feb, 2017, 03.24 PM IST
CIL invites global cos for consultancy on coal gasificationUCG is a method of extraction of energy from coal/lignite resources which are otherwise regarded as uneconomical to work through convention...
15 May, 2016, 11.51 AM IST
Coal India to call tender for setting up 800 MW solar project at Rs 4,800 croreThe world’s largest coal producer plans to generate 1,000 MW of solar power to help reduce its carbon footprint.
18 Feb, 2016, 03.31 AM IST
Govt permits CIL to explore natural gas in coal seamsThe Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas in a November 3 order said Coal India and its subsidiaries will be allowed to explore coal-bed me...
06 Nov, 2015, 01.09 PM IST
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...
25 Jun, 2015, 08.29 PM IST
China builds world's largest coal mine gas unit to make powerLu'an Group said it would soon start operating the generator with a capacity of 30 megawatts, capable of utilising 99% of methane gas disch...
02 Jan, 2015, 01.05 PM IST
SAIL in talks with ONGC to jointly explore coal-bed methaneSAIL is in talks with ONGC to jointly explore coal-bed methane in coal blocks allocated to the steel major for captive consumption.
27 Dec, 2013, 04.00 AM IST