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State-owned Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration & Production Company Limited (Bapex) will begin a two-dimensional (2D) seismic survey to discover coal reserve areas at Dighipara in Dinajpur from January 2014.
“The Energy and Mineral Resources Division (EMRD) has recently approved a proposal in this regard,” said Managing Director of Bapex MA Baki to the Dhaka Tribune on Tuesday.
Bapex operates as a company under Bangladesh Oil, Gas & Mineral Corporation (Petrobangla) of the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources.
A Petrobangla official said the government is weighing the prospect of exploring the 600-million-tonne reserve at Dighipara, through Coal Bed Methane (CBM) extraction. The reserve was discovered in 1995, sitting 328-455metres below the surface.
Meanwhile, the government has estimated that five coal mines - Barapukuria, Dighipara, Phulbari, Jamalganj and Khalashpir - likely hold a reserve of approximately 30 billion tonnes.
From these, the country is now lifting around 3,000 tonnes per day from Barapukuria and generating 250MW of thermal power.
The coal reserve area of Barapukuria at Dinajpur was discovered in 1985 with a proven reserve of 390 million tonnes lying 118-509 metres below the surface, while the Phulbari coal reserve area in Dinajpurwas, discovered in 1997, contained 572 million tonnes sitting between 141 and 270 metres from the surface.
The coal reserve area at Barapukuria spans over 6.68 square kilometres, while Phulbari has a span of 24 square kilometres.
The coal reserve at Khalashpir in Rangpur was discovered in 1989 and had a proven reserve of 685 million tonnes at 222-516 metres depth, while Jamalganj in Joypurhat was uncovered in 1962 with a proven reserve of 1.05 billion tonnes between 640 and 1158 metres from the surface.
The coal reserve area of Khalashpir spans over 12.25 square kilometres while Jamalganj covers 11.66 square kilometres.
In his June budget speech, Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhithin said the government had decided on a coal policy but that it wants to leave it for the next government to make a final decision.
The current government took nearly five years to formulate the coal policy, which was a part of its election manifesto.
Meanwhile, an expert committee report on extracting coal was finalised a year ago. The report is yet to be submitted to the government. All related issues along with a proper strategy of extracting coal are included in it.
On September 8, 2011, the government formed a 15-member expert committee.
http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2013/oct/30/bapex-plans-2d-survey-dighipara
“The Energy and Mineral Resources Division (EMRD) has recently approved a proposal in this regard,” said Managing Director of Bapex MA Baki to the Dhaka Tribune on Tuesday.
Bapex operates as a company under Bangladesh Oil, Gas & Mineral Corporation (Petrobangla) of the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources.
A Petrobangla official said the government is weighing the prospect of exploring the 600-million-tonne reserve at Dighipara, through Coal Bed Methane (CBM) extraction. The reserve was discovered in 1995, sitting 328-455metres below the surface.
Meanwhile, the government has estimated that five coal mines - Barapukuria, Dighipara, Phulbari, Jamalganj and Khalashpir - likely hold a reserve of approximately 30 billion tonnes.
From these, the country is now lifting around 3,000 tonnes per day from Barapukuria and generating 250MW of thermal power.
The coal reserve area of Barapukuria at Dinajpur was discovered in 1985 with a proven reserve of 390 million tonnes lying 118-509 metres below the surface, while the Phulbari coal reserve area in Dinajpurwas, discovered in 1997, contained 572 million tonnes sitting between 141 and 270 metres from the surface.
The coal reserve area at Barapukuria spans over 6.68 square kilometres, while Phulbari has a span of 24 square kilometres.
The coal reserve at Khalashpir in Rangpur was discovered in 1989 and had a proven reserve of 685 million tonnes at 222-516 metres depth, while Jamalganj in Joypurhat was uncovered in 1962 with a proven reserve of 1.05 billion tonnes between 640 and 1158 metres from the surface.
The coal reserve area of Khalashpir spans over 12.25 square kilometres while Jamalganj covers 11.66 square kilometres.
In his June budget speech, Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhithin said the government had decided on a coal policy but that it wants to leave it for the next government to make a final decision.
The current government took nearly five years to formulate the coal policy, which was a part of its election manifesto.
Meanwhile, an expert committee report on extracting coal was finalised a year ago. The report is yet to be submitted to the government. All related issues along with a proper strategy of extracting coal are included in it.
On September 8, 2011, the government formed a 15-member expert committee.
http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2013/oct/30/bapex-plans-2d-survey-dighipara
