Lok Sabha Question No. 3047 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-18
Subject: Coal Beds Functional for Extraction of Methane
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Dr. Thirumaavalavan Tholkappiyan

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3047

TO BE ANSWERED ON 18 TH  DECEMBER 2025

## COAL BEDS FUNCTIONAL FOR EXTRACTION OF METHANE

3047. Dr. Thirumaavalavan Tholkappiyan:

## पेट Ō ोिलयम और Ůाक ृ ितक गैस मंũी

Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  the  Government  has  details  about  the  number  of  coal  beds  functional  for extraction of methane across the country, if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise; and

(b)  whether  the  Government has  details  about  the  number of  methane-extracting  coal beds operated by the Public Sector and Private Sector, if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER पेट Ō ोिलयम और Ůाक ृ ितक गैस मंũालय मŐ राǛमंũी ( ŵी सुरेश गोपी )

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS (SHRI SURESH GOPI)

(a)  &  (b)  At  present,  fifteen  (15)  operational  Coal-Bed  Methane  (CBM)  blocks  across  the country include 6 at Production stage, 2 at Development stage and 7 under Exploration. Of the fifteen (15) operational CBM blocks, five (05) are operated by Public Sector entities, nine (09)  by  Private  Sector  companies,  and  one  (01)  block  is  under  joint  operatorship  between Public and Private Sector companies. The details of these CBM blocks - State/UT wise, field status and operator (Public Sector and Private Sector Companies) wise is annexed.

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Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  to  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  3047  asked  by Dr.  Thirumaavalavan  Tholkappiyan    to  be  answered  on  18.12.2025  regarding  'Coal Beds Functional For Extraction Of Methane'.

|   Sr. No. | Block                 | State          | Public Sector / Private Sector        | Operator                           | Field Status   |
|-----------|-----------------------|----------------|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------|----------------|
|         1 | Raniganj (North)      | West Bengal    | Public Sector                         | ONGC                               | Development    |
|         2 | Jharia                | Jharkhand      | Public Sector                         | ONGC                               | Production     |
|         3 | BK-CBM- 2001/1        | Jharkhand      | Public Sector                         | ONGC                               | Production     |
|         4 | BP- ONHP(CBM)- 2021/2 | Jharkhand      | Public Sector                         | ONGC                               | Exploration    |
|         5 | SR- ONHP(CBM)- 2021/5 | Madhya Pradesh | Public Sector                         | ONGC                               | Exploration    |
|         6 | Raniganj (South)      | West Bengal    | Private Sector                        | GEECL                              | Production     |
|         7 | RG(East)- CBM-2001/1  | West Bengal    | Private Sector                        | EOGEPL                             | Production     |
|         8 | SP(East)- CBM-2001/1  | Madhya Pradesh | Private Sector                        | RIL                                | Development    |
|         9 | SP(West)- CBM-2001/1  | Madhya Pradesh | Private Sector                        | RIL                                | Production     |
|        10 | SP- ONHP(CBM)- 2021/1 | Madhya Pradesh | Private Sector                        | Invenire Petrodyne                 | Exploration    |
|        11 | SR- ONHP(CBM)- 2021/6 | Chhattisgarh   | Private Sector                        | Vedanta                            | Exploration    |
|        12 | SR- ONHP(CBM)- 2022/4 | Madhya Pradesh | Private Sector                        | Transcontinental Natural Res. Ltd. | Exploration    |
|        13 | SR- ONHP(CBM)- 2022/5 | Madhya Pradesh | Private Sector                        | Transcontinental Natural Res. Ltd. | Exploration    |
|        14 | SR- ONHP(CBM)- 2022/6 | Chhattisgarh   | Private Sector                        | Oilmax Energy Pvt. Ltd.            | Exploration    |
|        15 | NK-CBM- 2001/1        | Jharkhand      | Joint Operator Ship (Public &Private) | ONGC and PEPL                      | Production     |