Reliance Industries to Begin CBM Prodcution in India in April

India’s largest private sector company Reliance Industries (RIL) is targeting to start production of coal bed methane (CBM) from its Sohagpur (West) block in Madhya Pradesh during April-June quarter of financial year 2016-17, according to Financial Express.

“RIL plans to put on stream the first set of wells between April 8 and April 14,” sources privy to the development told the newspaper.

Initial output is expected be less than 1 million standard cubic metres of gas per day (mmscmd) while peak output, which may be achieved after 18-24 months of commencing production, is envisaged at 2.5-3 mmscmd.

After the first set of wells are switched on, the explorer would test the compressors, Financial Express reported. After this, gas would be flown into 302-km pipeline from Shahdol in Madhya Pradesh to Phulpur in Uttar Pradesh. Customers are likely to receive the gas starting May.

The gross in-place CBM potentials of RIL’s Sohagpur (East) block is 1.69 trillion cubic feet (47.7 billion cubic metres) while it is 1.96 trillion cubic feet (55.5 billion cubic metres) for the Sohagpur (West) acreage.