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All that gas about coal
At any given time when Coalgate is attracting all the attention, another demonstration of bungling in natural resource management has gone relatively unnoticed India efforts at commercial exploitation of coal-bed methane (CBM).
Commercial exploitation of CBM began in 1995 when one block was awarded to some foreign operator. By 2001, the nation started auctioning CBM assets, equipped with a more sophisticated policy. When compared to oil and gas sector,[url=http://monclerjackenonlinech.albirank.net/][b]Moncler Günstig[/b][/url], the CBM policy is comparatively more investor-friendly, both in fiscal terms as well as contractual obligations. Having a total of 33 blocks distributed so far, the policy has been successful in attracting substantial investments in CBM exploration. Investors interest was most pronounced within the third round of bidding (2006), when 54 bids were received for 10 blocks.
Yet, as in 2012-13, the nation total methane production stands at approximately 0.32 million standard cubic m a day (mmscmd), enough to create approximately 80 MW of power,[url=http://woolrichparkaschweiz.albirank.net/][b]cheap woolrich winter coats woolen mills[/b][/url], meeting the energy needs of a mere 40,000 urban middle-class households having one air conditioner each.
To place it straight, India aspirations to establish CBM as a viable power source remain more in the arena of an idea than a reality.
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Nearly 90 per cent of this minuscule commercial methane production originates from one company, Great Eastern Energy Corporation, then Essar Oil and ONGC.
The State-owned exploration and production (E major which bagged more than half from the 17 blocks awarded till 2004 is usually credited with enhancing CBM potential in the country, and criticised for failing to live up to expectations.
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The company didn't establish viable reserves in five blocks, bagged in the second round (2003), which were eventually relinquished.
Interestingly, while the regulator announces a huge prognostic reserve of 4.6 trillion cubic m of methane gas in the country vast coal fields, insiders in the CBM exploration sector allege a serious mismatch between such estimates and the reality.
Overestimation While the DGH Web site shows that only three blocks have been relinquished till May 2010, unofficial estimates explain that operators of at least one-third from the CBM blocks (out of 33) have either relinquished their interests, or have approached the regulator to relinquish interests,[url=http://woolrichparkaschweiz.albirank.net/][b]Woolrich Parka Schweiz Online Shop[/b][/url], till date.
Insiders say operators in seven from eight blocks awarded within the second round of bidding and four from 10 blocks within the much-hyped third round (2006) have reportedly failed to establish viable reserves and preferred to forgo assets, after completing phase-1 of the work programme.
The general observation is the fact that India CBM potential is basically limited to eight blocks, three which were awarded on nomination basis, and also the rest in the first round of bidding. Inside a recent energy conference in Kolkata, the main executive of the foreign player, Dart Energy, claimed the actual gas-in-place in CBM assets in India falls way below DGH estimates,[url=http://peutereyoutletitaliaonline.olimx.com/][b]Peuterey Uomo[/b][/url], in blocks auctioned in the second round onwards. The commercial reserves are naturally even lower.
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The company, in the earlier avatar as Arrow Energy, relinquished three blocks, awarded in the third round. Of the, one block in Chhattisgarh was found to have only 6 BCM gas or 5 per cent of the DGH estimation of 118 BCM.
Disturbing signalsLeaving aside claims on reserves, which have an immediate bearing on the prospect of striking gas, one can discern a drop in investors interest in the last (fourth) round of bidding opened in 2009.
As against 54 bids received within the third round,[url=http://billigmonclerjackenkaufen.olimx.com/][b]Billig Moncler Jacken[/b][/url], the fourth round attracted just half, or 27 bids. Also noteworthy may be the exit of a major player in the global energy sector, which failed in its CBM foray in India. Industry insiders blame the possible lack of quality assets vis-a-vis over-hyping of CBM potential, like a major spoiler of the business environment.
Numerous assets were awarded against offers to share up to 65 percent of the production using the Government.
It is alleged that such high-payment obligations do not compensate our prime risks involved in CBM development. Nevertheless, the bidders were seemingly taken in through the regulator projection of reserves. Such a high resolve for production-sharing is recognized as risky in the E sector.
While the Government seems keen to invite competition and pave the way for maximum revenue generation, overexploitation may harm the long-term strategy to establish CBM like a cheap and viable means to fix the country growing energy needs.
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