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Indian firm to conduct study at Jamalganj coal field to find gas

EB Reporter

Mining Associates Pvt Ltd, an Indian company, will conduct a feasibility study on extracting coal-bed methane gas at Jamalganj coal field in Sunamganj.

The cabinet committee on purchase sunday approved a proposal from the Energy Division, awarding the West Bengal-based firm to conduct the study.

The company will get Tk 19.13 crore for carrying out the study.

Jamalganj coal field, with an estimated reserve of about 1.053 billion tonnes of coal, is the deepest and largest coal field in Bangladesh. It has seven coal seams in the depth range between 600 metres and 1,100 metres below the ground surface. The coal layer is assumed to be 40 metres wide.

Compared to other coal fields in Bangladesh, with coal occurring at 150 to 500m depth, Jamalganj coal is considered to be too deep to be exploited by conventional underground or open pit mining.

So, developing coal-bed methane from Jamalganj field is being considered as a viable option for its exploitation.

The possibility of finding methane gas in the field is high, said the Energy Division proposal. The gas can be used to produce power.

Meanwhile, the cabinet committee on economic affairs yesterday approved the proposals to conduct feasibility study in two proposed economic zones in Sirajganj and Jamalganj.

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