{"id":85482,"date":"2020-03-20T15:19:28","date_gmt":"2020-03-20T09:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=14357"},"modified":"2020-03-20T15:19:28","modified_gmt":"2020-03-20T09:49:28","slug":"coal-bed-methanecbm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/coal-bed-methanecbm\/","title":{"rendered":"Coal Bed Methane(CBM)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>The Ministry of Coal has asked Coal India Limited (CIL) to produce 2 MMSCB((million metric standard cubic meters) per day of coalbed methane (CBM) gas in the next 2 to 3 years.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Coal Bed Methane:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Coal bed methane(CBM) is an unconventional form of natural gas found in coal deposits or coal seams.<\/li><li>It is considered as an alternative source for augmenting India\u2019s energy resource.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Coal Bed Methane in India:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>India\u2019s CBM resources are estimated at around 92 trillion cubic feet (TCF) or 2,600 billion cubic metres(BCM).<\/li><li>India has the fifth largest proven coal reserves in the world and thus holds significant prospects for exploration and exploitation of CBM.<\/li><li>The country\u2019s coal and CBM reserves are found in 12 states of India, with the Gondwana sediments of eastern India holding the bulk.<\/li><li>The Damodar Koel valley and Son valley are prospective areas for CBM development.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Significance of CBM:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>It can be used for power generation,<\/li><li>As compressed natural gas (CNG) auto fuel,<\/li><li>As a feedstock for fertilizers,<\/li><li>Industrial uses such as in cement production, rolling mills, steel plants, and methanol production.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News:The Ministry of Coal has asked Coal India Limited (CIL) to produce 2 MMSCB((million metric standard cubic meters) per day of coalbed methane (CBM) gas in the next 2 to 3 years. Facts: About Coal Bed Methane: Coal bed methane(CBM) is an unconventional form of natural gas found in coal deposits or coal seams. It&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/coal-bed-methanecbm\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Coal Bed Methane(CBM)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1738],"tags":[2839],"class_list":["post-85482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","tag-coal-bed-methane","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85482"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85482\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}