Reliance Industries Expects CBM Production to Commence in 2015-16

Reliance Industries (RIL) is aiming to produce coal bed methane from its Sohagpur CBM blocks in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh from 2015-16, reports news agency Press Trust of India.

The company plans to produce 3.5 million standard cubic meters per day of gas from the two Sohagpur blocks, Press Trust says citing a company presentation.

RIL holds 3 CBM blocks: Sohagpur (East) and Sohagpur (West) in Madhya Pradesh and Sonhat in Chattisgarh. The company has drilled over 40 crore holes on the 500 square kilometre Sohagpur West and 495 sq km Sohagpur East blocks and tested for gas content, adds Press Trust.

According to the news report, phase-1 development envisages drilling and completion of 229 wells and installation of 2 gas gathering stations.

RIL, through its subsidiary Reliance Gas Pipelines Ltd, will lay a 312-kilometre pipeline to transport coal gas (CBM) produced from Shahdol in Madhya Pradesh to Phulpur near Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh, reports Press Trust.

The pipeline will have a capacity to transport 4.3 million standard cubic metres per day (mmscmd) of gas, including 0.875 mmscmd capacity that will be available for any third party for open access on non-discriminatory basis.

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