ONGC launches Bokaro coalbed methane development

Feb. 28, 2018
India’s Oil & Natural Gas Corp. is targeting 2 million cu m/day from three coalbed methane blocks in Jharkhand state. The operator spudded the BE No. 95 development well on Feb. 25, launching a field development plan to drill 30 wells within the following year.

India’s Oil & Natural Gas Corp. (ONGC) is targeting 2 million cu m/day from three coalbed methane blocks in Jharkhand state. The operator spudded the BE No. 95 development well on Feb. 25, launching a field development plan to drill 30 wells within the following year. The operator reported 22 of these would be vertical with 8 planned is inclined, all with a depth ranging 400-1,400 m.

In conjunction with its drilling program, ONGC has also broke ground for a gas collecting station to be constructed by Tata Projects in Khudgara village in Gomia, Bokaro district. The GCS will process 800,000 cu m/day once completed in June 2019. The operator also is installing two early production systems, each handling 50,000 cu m/day, that will be completed by December.

ONGC’s Bokaro field development plan calls for 141 development wells with an estimated peak production of 750,000 cu m/day. Early monetization is planned for first-quarter 2019. In total, the entire CBM project will encompass 350 wells within three blocks in Jharkhand: Bokaro, Jharia, and North Karanpura, with an estimated cost of 6,500 crore.

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