Essar plans to ramp up CBM production as GAIL pipeline nears completion

The Raniganj coal block is India's most prolific coal-bed methane block that has already achieved daily gas production of more than 1 million scmd

In the wake of the commissioning of GAIL’s Urja-Ganga Pipeline, Ruia-owned Essar Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Ltd (EOGEPL) is planning to more than double its coal-bed methane (CBM) gas production from the Raniganj East CBM block for a  revenue boost.

A source close to the development said that the current production level of EOGEPL was significantly lower than its capacity. The potential production capacity has been throttled to about 450,000 scmd (standard cubic metres per day) of gas because of the delay in the commissioning of the pipeline, which was earlier slated for June 2019.

However, as the