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China launches largest coalbed methane liquifying project(Xinhua)
Updated: 2007-08-12 09:43 China has launched a coalbed methane liquefaction project that boasts the country's largest daily production capacity, company sources confirmed Saturday. The project, based in Qinshui Basin, North China's Shanxi Province, is expected to produce one million cubic meters of liquefied coalbed methane daily when put into operation next January, said a manager of China United Coalbed Methane Corp Ltd (CUCBM), developer of the project.
The CUCBM manager said that Hong Kong-listed China Leason Investment Group Co Ltd signed a liquefied coalbed methane purchasing contract with the company in Beijing earlier this month. Coalbed methane is usually burned during mining in order to avoid gas explosion accidents. A proper use of the gas would not only make the best use of resources, but also help reduce greenhouse gas emissions. China United Coalbed Methane Corp Ltd, held by China National Petroleum Corporation and China National Coal Group Corp, is the only company entitled to cooperate with foreign companies to exploit coalbed methane resources. Its coalbed methane drills take up to 85 percent of the nation's total. It has signed 21 production sharing contracts with 10 overseas companies, with a total foreign investment of US$119 million. |
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