Reliance starts commercial production of coal bed methane in Sohagpur

Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) on Friday announced that it has commenced commercial production from its coal bed methane (CBM) block SP (West)-CBM-2001/1 from March 24, 2017 and is currently supplying CBM for commissioning the Shahdol Phulpur Pipeline (SHPPL). The production from RIL’s Sohagpur CBM fields will gradually ramp-up in the next 15-18 months making RIL among the largest unconventional natural gas producers in India.

CBM is an environment-friendly natural gas extracted from coal-bed and has become an important source of unconventional gas in many parts of the world.

Reliance Industries was awarded the licence to explore two adjacent CBM blocks SP(West) and