Argus Panoptes
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i am definetly no coal expert and i know that some of the combine gas plants cant be converted into coal but lignite b can be converted through coal surray technique into coal gas...primary feasiblity study was conducted.
while oracle coal company is thinking of coal Briquette to transport coal from thar, the feasilbity report is completed and it also has signed a Mou with KESC, exmples of lignite B been transported by this process exist in the world
reality is we live in denial, denial of even simple things as coal mining. when well calculated studies done by foreign consultants are even available..i dont know who we can believe? i think experts who do study over years do have credibility in this regard
the issue with thar, bhasha dam etc is very simple money,money and money
no single private firm is foolish enough to throw in billions of dollars in high risk country like pakistan with poorest credit ranking in the region
Oracle Coalfields PLC UK Block-VI ‹ Thar Coal and Energy Board
Oracle Coalfields PLC
one example of poor quality coal been briquetted where very poor quality of vast coal reserves allows this process
Report - Department of Natural Resources | State of Louisiana
Please do not forget that Thar has Lignite of B grade which is less than 6,300 BTU/lb whereas most Lignite being used as you indicate above is of A grade, which is between 6,300 to 8,300 BTU/lb. That changes the economics adversely by at least 20-25%, tipping the whole project into infeasibility easily.
And, as you say, we simply do not have the money to exploit even that because "no single private firm is foolish enough to throw in billions of dollars in high risk country like Pakistan with poorest credit ranking in the region".