Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL) has started production from its first coalbed methane (CBM) SP (West) block and plans to ramp up production during the next 18 months. Production is from Sohagpur in Madhya Pradesh.
The production will supply the Shahdol Phulpur Pipeline. RIL had held the license for two adjacent CBM SP (West) and SP (East) blocks, which cover 995 sq km, since 2001 (OGJ, Feb. 2, 2015, Newsletter).
The company has drilled more than 200 wells connected to two gas gathering stations in the first phase of development. RIL plans to drill another 600-800 wells.
Reliance Gas Pipelines Ltd. laid the 302-km Shahdol Phulpur line, which connects Sohagpur CBM fields from Shahdol to Hazira-Vijaipur-Jagdishpur pipeline network at Phulpur.
