INDIA COAL BED METHANE FIELD LAUNCHES
May 1st, 2017INDIA’s Reliance Industries Ltd has commenced commercial production from a coal bed methane block SP(West)–CBM–2001/1 in Sohagpur, Madhya Pradesh. Gas has been flowing since March 24 and is supplying methane to the 302 km Shahdol Phulpur pipeline that links the field to wider Indian gas networks. Reliance has drilled more than 200 wells in the field and plans to drill 800 or more going forward.
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