The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has brought out following policies/notifications after Coal Bed Methane (CBM) Policy 1997:

• Policy for extension of exploration phases for exploration and production under CBM contracts in 2007.
• Guidelines for pricing and commercial utilization of CBM in 2011.
• Notification for grant of right to exploration and exploitation of Coal Bed Methane to Coal India Limited and its subsidiaries from all coal bearing areas for which they possess mining lease for coal in 2015.
• Hydrocarbon Exploration and Licensing Policy was introduced in 2016 wherein all types of hydrocarbon resources, both conventional and unconventional can be explored and exploited.
• Policy framework for Early Monetisation of CBM in 2017.
• Notification for consolidated terms and conditions for grant of right to exploration and exploitation of Coal Bed Methane to Coal India Limited and its subsidiaries from all coal bearing areas for which they possess mining lease for coal in 2018.
• A policy framework for Exploration and exploitation of Unconventional hydrocarbons in existing acreages under existing Production Sharing Contracts, CBM contracts and Nomination fields was introduced in 2018.
• A policy framework to promote and incentivize enhanced recovery methods for Oil and Gas was notified by the Government in 2018.

33 blocks have been allotted to various companies in four CBM bidding rounds. State-wise list of CBM blocks is annexed.

Details of CBM producing blocks and its operators are as under:

S No	Block	Operator
1.	Raniganj (South)	Great Eastern Energy Corporation Limited
2.	Raniganj (East)	Essar Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Limited
3	Sohagpur (West)	Reliance Industries Limited
4.	Jharia	Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited.
5.	Bokaro	Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited

 

 CBM production in the previous five years till February 2020 is as under:

S.NO	State	CBM Production (MMSCM)
1	Jharkhand	17.11
2	West Bengal	2103.24
3	Madhya Pradesh	879.42
	Total	2999.77

                       

                            MMSCM: Million Metric Standard Cubic Meters

Operators are required to take environment clearance from Ministry of  Environment, Forest and Climate Change before starting CBM operations in the area.

This information was given by the Union Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas Shri Dharmendra Pradhan in the Rajya Sabha today in a written reply.

 

 

Annexure

 

 

Sr.No	Block	Coalfield	State
1	Raniganj (South)	Raniganj	West Bengal
2	Raniganj (North)	Raniganj North	West Bengal
3	RG(E)-CBM-2001/I	Raniganj East	West Bengal
4	BB-CBM-2005/III	Birbhum	West Bengal
5	Jharia	Jharia	Jharkhand
6	BK-CBM-2001/I	Bokaro	Jharkhand
7	NK-CBM-2001/I	North Karanpura	Jharkhand
8	SK-CBM-2003/II	South Karanpura	Jharkhand
9	NK(W)-CBM-2003/II	North Karanpura	Jharkhand
10	RM-CBM-2005/III	Rajmahal	Jharkhand
11	RM(E)-CBM-2008/IV	Rajmahal	Jharkhand
12	SP(West)-CBM-2001/I	Sohagpur	Madhya Pradesh
13	SP(East)-CBM-2001/I	Sohagpur	Madhya Pradesh
14	ST-CBM-2003/II	Satpura	Madhya Pradesh
15	SR-CBM-2005/III	Singrauli	Madhya Pradesh
16	ST-CBM-2008/IV*	Satpura	Madhya Pradesh
17	SP(N)-CBM-2005/III	Sohagpur	Madhya Pradesh
18	SP(NE)-CBM-2008/IV	Sohagpur	Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh
19	SH(N)-CBM-2003/II	Sonhat	Chhattisgarh
20	MR-CBM-2005/III	Mand Raigarh	Chhattisgarh
21	TR-CBM-2005/III	Tatapani Ramkola	Chhattisgarh
22	BS(1)-CBM-2003/II	Barmer Sanchor	Rajasthan
23	BS(2)-CBM-2003/II	Barmer Sanchor	Rajasthan
24	BS(3)-CBM-2003/II	Barmer Sanchor	Rajasthan
25	BS(4)-CBM-2005/III	Barmer Sanchor	Rajasthan
26	BS(5)-CBM-2005/III	Barmer Sanchor	Rajasthan
27	TL-CBM-2008/IV	Talcher	Odisha
28	IB-CBM-2008/IV	IB VALLEY	Odisha
29	WD-CBM-2003/II	Wardha	Maharashtra
30	KG(E )-CBM-2005/III	Kothagudem	Andhra Pradesh
31	GV(N)-CBM-2005/III	Godavari	Telangana
32	MG-CBM-2008/IV	Mannargudi	Tamil Nadu
33	AS-CBM-2008/IV	Assam	Assam

 

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