CBM gas plant inaugurated in Gomia

Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurated Coal Bed Methane plant at Gomia here on Sunday. Two of the four blocks in Karanpura and Bokaro would start production by the second half of 2017-18. The natural gas extracted from coal beds is expected to produce as cumulative plateau production after development of all the four blocks in the tune of 1.7 million metric standards cubic metres per day, said Pradhan on the occasion.

ONGC is planning to supply CBM to industrial units through pipelines. At present the CBM is being supplied to the industrial units in cylinders. At present situation ONGC having no any technical problem in digging well in Jharkhand and company is doing good job in and getting all possible cooperation from land acquisition Department, said an official. ONGC was allocated nine CBM blocks of which it holds four, located at Jharia, Bokaro (Gomia), North Karanpura and Raniganj in West Bengal.

Refusing to divulge the CBM reserve capacity in these areas, ONGC official said the company development plan is for the next 25 years. Sources said the company has completed the exploration process. It is now the process of getting the production license from government. The company sources said it has proposed to sell its gas at the market discovered price as provided in its CBM contract. It has mentioned that since it was isolated in the case of these stand-alone blocks ,it faced many concerns and ,therefore wanted a rope in a joint operator ,so far it has spend about Rs 2800 crore only in Bokaro. Those who were present on the occasion Giridih MP Ravindra Kumar Panday, Bermo MLA Yogeshwar Prasad Batul and others.