CBM

KBR has been chosen by Curtis Island LNG and Asia Pacific LNG to design three massive 42 in. gas pipelines to carry coal seam gas to the Curtis Island terminal from inland gasfields in Queensland, Australia.

Envoi seeks specialist company for strategic entry in largely unexplored CBM resource potential, onshore U.K.

Australia Pacific LNG and Sinopec have signed a Sale and Purchase Agreement for the supply of LNG from Australia Pacific LNG’s CBM resources and proposed LNG facility on Curtis Island, Queensland. The agreement could be worth up to US$ 85 billion.

QGC has appointed qedi to apply its proprietary commissioning technology and consultancy expertise on its Queensland Curtis liquefied natural gas (QCLNG) development.

BP confirmed today that it has signed four new coalbed methane (CBM) production sharing contracts (PSCs) in the Barito basin of South Kalimantan, Indonesia.

Icon Energy has signed a 20 year LNG sales agreement with Icon Energy to supply 40 million tonnes of LNG. The first cargo is expected to be delivered by 2016.

LNG development project in Queensland gains momentum as other companies finalise deals.

The first coalbed methane (CBM) to energy project in Russia celebrated its grand opening in Kemerovo Oblast.

The Australian Government has granted environmental approval for ConocoPhillips’ and Origin Energy’s US$ 35 billion joint coalbed methane (CBM) project in Queensland.

WestSide Corp. Ltd, the operator of the Meridian SeamGas CSG gas fields in the Bowen basin, Queensland, Australia, has advised that drilling of a pilot production well commenced on 22 January 2011. The well will be drilled to a depth of 550 m.

Thiess has been awarded a major coal seam gas upstream infrastructure contract in the Surat basin, Queensland, Australia.

Verdao Group has listed the largest coal mine methane abatement project with Climate Action Reserve’s Coal Mine Methane Project, which provides an incentive for the voluntary abatement of methane. The project will take place at Consol Energy’s McElroy mine, West Virginia, and use regenerative thermal oxidation technology from Dürr USA to destroy the methane emissions.

GE and Shenhua have agreed to form an industrial coal gasification joint venture to advance the deployment of cleaner coal technology solutions in China.

CNOOC has acquired a 50% interest in Exoma’s Queensland portfolio of coal seam gas and shale gas exploration blocks; it will contribute AU$ 50 million towards exploration costs as part of the agreement.

A consortium including B9 Coal, WSP Group, AFC Energy and Linc Energy is to develop a new clean coal project that will combine alkaline fuel cell technology with underground coal gasification.