CBM Production Commences From North Karanpura CBM Block

Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Puri announced the commencement of commercial production of coal bed methane (CBM) from the North Karanpura CBM Block. The production started on 16th May.
The North Karanpura CBM Block NK-CBM-2001/1 is located in Jharkhand, in the Damodar Koel valley group of basins. It stretches over an area of 271.8 sq km across Hazaribagh and Chatra districts of Jharkhand.
While making the announcement Mr Puri wrote that PSU maharatnas ONGC, Indian Oil and private entity Petrosol Engineering Pvt. Ltd have started and offtake of 5000 standard cubic meters per day (SCMD).