Coal Bed Methane

CBM resources

The CBM resources as per Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH), Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas (MoP&NG) is tabulated here under :

Table : Prognosticated Resource of CBM

Sl. No State Coalfield/Block Area of delineated
block
(Sq.KM)		 Prognosticated CBM Resource as per DGH Remarks
In trillion
cubic feet		 In billion
cubic meter
1 West Bengal
  • North Raniganj
  • Eastern Raniganj
  • Birbhum
 232

500

250		 1.030

1.850

1.000		 29.17

52.38

28.32		 Marginal resource may be in Jharkhand
Sub Total 982 3.88 109.87  
2 Jharkhand
  • Jharia
  • East & West Bokaro
  • North Karanpura
 69.20
93.37

340.54		 2.407
1.590

2.181		 68.16
45.02

61.75		  
Sub Total 503.11 6.178 174.93  
3 Madhya Pradesh
  • Sohagpur
  • Sohagpur
  • Satpura
 495
500
500		 3.030

1.000		 85.79

28.32		  
Sub Total 1495 4.030 114.11  
4 Gujarat Cambay Basin 2400-3218* 11* to 19.4 311*-549.39 May not be immediately available because ONGC has active conventional Oil & Gas operations. *As per Advanced Resources Inc.
Grand Total 2980.11 - 3798.11 25.088 – 33.488 710.39 - 948.73  

Additional resource is available in block located in south west Raniganj (approximately 200 Sq.Km) allotted to M/S GEECL by FIPB for which data is not available. Coalmine methane resource is not yet accounted.