CBM

New government policy will allow state-run company to extract coal bed methane from coal seams.

Link Energy and LLR YakutMinerals have agreed to investigate underground coal gasification prospects in northeast Russia.

Company will help drill 110 wells in order to reach target coal seams in Shanxi, China.

Link Energy and Exxaro Resources sign deal to begin development of UCG project in South Africa

As the US experiences a shale gas revolution, the question now is, where is all this abundant natural gas going to go?

A new report from the IEA Clean Coal Centre discusses the principal gases emitted from coal stockpiles, as well as sampling and testing methods.

AGL Energy has suspended its application for the Camden North coalbed methane project in New South Wales.

Wood Mackenzie has released two reports analysing effects of Australia's extreme rainfall on the coal and coalbed methane (CBM) industries.

Dart Energy has been awarded the Bontang Bengalon coalbed methane (CBM) block in East Kalimantan, Indonesia.

The construction of a field gas gathering system and nodal station at the Liulin CBM gas project in Shanxi Province, China, has been approved.

Peter Kiernan, Energy Analyst, the Economist Intelligence Unit, discusses the role of Australia’s booming LNG export sector in the golden age for gas.

Instinct Energy, an energy company focusing on unconventional gas opportunities in southern Africa, is to start drilling initial CBM wells in the Huab basin in northwest Namibia. The company plans to reveal the results at the Unconventional Gas Aberdeen 2012 conference.

Honeywell has received an order to supply a data consolidation and reporting solution to support operations at Australia Pacific LNG’s coal seam gas to LNG project.

TROLEXPERT is a new information source for the coal and mining industry from Trolex Ltd and Energy Global. Each month will provide answers to topical questions and challenges facing the industry. This month, TROLEXPERT asks: what is the importance of methane concentration when looking to extract and exploit methane technology projects?

Dart energy has announced that it is carrying out early commercialisation work on its Liuling coal seam gas project in China and expects to start initial gas sales in the first half of 2013.