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An International Workshop on

“Development of Coal based

Non-conventional Energy Resources in India”

12th

- 13th

November 2013, CMPDI Ranchi (Jharkhand) India

India CMM/CBM Clearinghouse &

Central Mine Planning & Design Institute Limited

www.cmmclearinghouse.cmpdi.co.in / www.cmpdi.co.in

MINISTRY OF COAL

Coal

53%

Oil

31%

Gas

9%

Nuclear

1%Renewables

6%

Development of Coal based Non-conventional Energy Resources in India

COAL: Epitomizes Energy in India

Coal is the main source of energy in India and meets about 53% of its energy requirement. With reserve of over 299 BT coal is expected to provide energy security in future.

India is the 3rd

largest producer of coal in the world. Methane emissions from Indian Coal Mining sector is about 1 Billion Cubic Meter (United States Environmental Protection Agency-USEPA).

Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas. Its mitigation and gainful utilization will be beneficial for mine safety, environment protection and additional source of clean energy.

Ministry of Coal, Govt of India has taken steps for clean coal initiative and development of coal based non conventional energy resources is being pursued at national and international level.

India is one of the founder member countries of Global Methane Initiative (GMI, erstwhile Methane to Markets), an international initiative taken by USEPA aiming on advancing cost effective methane capture and its use as a clean energy source.

Development of coal based non conventional resources: CMPDI’s foray

CMPDI, a subsidiary of Coal India Limited (CIL-largest coal producing company in the world), is a multidisciplinary consultancy organization in the field of coal and related natural resources management.

CMPDI is providing services for over three decades

in the field of integrated exploration, master planning of coalfields, mine planning & design, engineering, coal preparation, environmental management, laboratory analysis, remote sensing and pursuing Research & Development activities.

Development of clean coal technology in CIL is a

priority area. CMPDI, on behalf of CIL, is playing an important role to ensure low carbon path by way of:

� Pursuing development of coal based non-

conventional energy resource viz; CBM/CMM/VAM/AMM and UCG etc.

• Commercial development of CBM on behalf of CIL

• Commercial development of CMM in CIL mining areas

• Development of other resources like UCG, Shale gas etc.

� Being Nodal agency on behalf of Ministry of Coal for CMM development in India

� Implementing several national/international research projects in the field of development of CBM/CMM/Shale Gas etc.


India CMM/CBM Clearinghouse: Promoting development of CMM in India

The CMM/CBM Clearinghouse was established at CMPDI, Ranchi in November, 2008 under the aegis of Ministry of Coal, Govt. of India and USEPA initially for a period of 3 years, which has been further extended for another 3 years with an aim to contribute to the development of CMM/CBM. The clearinghouse is functioning with the following objectives:

� Promote CBM/CMM industry in India. � To be public face of CBM/CMM industry in India

through its communication and outreach efforts. � Initial point of contact for foreign & domestic

investors.

About the Workshop:

To disseminate information on the development of CBM/CMM resources in India and to showcase the opportunities existing in the field of development of CBM, CMM, VAM, etc., an International Workshop on “Development of coal based non conventional energy resources in India” is being organized by CMPDI and India CMM/CBM Clearinghouse on 12

th -13

th November 2013 at Ranchi (Jharkhand) India.

The Workshop will be attended by top government officials, technical experts, CBM project operators, scholars and academicians, research organizations in the related field and will feature deliberations on policy issues, emerging technologies, operational situation, research trends, opportunities and challenges.

This Workshop:

The workshop will � focus on the emerging energy trends at domestic and global front. � promote development of CBM/CMM as a clean energy fuel. � provide a platform for interaction between national/international experts, policy makers, project operators

in the field of coal based unconventional energy resources.

Why to attend?:

The workshop will provide a platform to ponder over the issues challenging the development of coal based non-conventional energy resources and existing opportunities which can be optimally utilized for expeditious development of these resources through sharing of views/information from government, industry and academicians.

Registration: By invitation only. Venue: CMPDI, Gondwana Place, Kanke Road, Ranchi-834031, Jharkhand, India

Host City: Ranchi Ranchi, a vibrant city bestowed with natural waterfalls and lakes amid lush green vegetation is the capital of tribal dominated mineral rich Jharkhand state of India. It has a pleasant climate round the year with the best time to visit during September to November. It is situated at an altitude of 630 m above sea level and experiences an annual rainfall of around 1100 mm.


Birsa Munda Airport (IXR) at Ranchi is well connected by daily flights from India’s metropolitan cities: Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai. Ranchi is also well-connected with major Indian cities through a network of road and railways.

Programme:

12th

November 2013

08.30 AM - 09.30 AM Registration 09.30 AM - 11.00 AM Inauguration 11.00 AM - 11.30 AM Coffee Break & Networking 11.30 AM - 1.00 PM Technical session-I: Development of CBM/CMM International scenario 01.00 PM - 02.00 PM Lunch 02.00 PM - 03.30 PM Technical session-II: CBM/CMM Development in Indian scenario 03.30 PM - 03.45 PM Coffee Break & Networking 03.45 PM - 05.15 PM Technical session-III: Challenges in Development of CBM in India 07.00 PM - 10.00 PM Cultural Program & Dinner 13

th November 2013

09.00 AM - 11.30 AM Technical session-IV: Development of other non-conventional Energy Resources 11.30 AM - 11.45 AM Coffee Break & Networking 11.45 AM - 12.30 PM Valedictory Session 12.30 PM - 01.30 PM Lunch

Important dates Last date for abstract submission : 16th September 2013 Last date for final paper submission : 14th October 2013 Last date for submission of presentation : 04th November 2013

Contact:

General Manager (CBM)

CBM Cell /India CMM/CBM Clearing House Gondwana Place, Kanke Road, Ranchi-844008(Jharkhand), India.

Phone No: +91 651 2230011, 2792307 Fax No. : +91 651 2233314, 2231447

E-mail: [email protected],


Dr Jayne Somers Climate Change Division, USEPA, USA

Jayne Somers serves in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Climate Change Division Non-CO2 Programs Branch as Program Manager for the Coalbed Methane Outreach Program. Dr. Somers is a professional engineer with 28 years experience in sustainable energy, environment and capacity building. Before joining U.S. EPA, Dr. Somers worked with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Air Program and in 2000 she developed the Madison Climate Protection Plan for the City of Madison Engineering Division. Prior to this, Dr. Somers managed U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) global energy and environmental training programs and implemented a USAID technology transfer project in Ghana, West Africa. Dr. Somers earned a Ph.D. in Air Resources Management from the University of Wisconsin – Madison, a Masters Degree in Energy Management from the University of Pennsylvania and Bachelor Degrees in Engineering and Environmental Science from Rutgers University.

Professor Sevket Durucan Royal School of Mines, Imperial College, London

Sevket Durucan holds the Chair of Mining and Environmental Engineering in the Royal School of Mines at Imperial College London. He has over 35 years of professional and academic experience as a mining engineer. His current research is mainly concerned with clean coal and energy technologies, coalmine methane, coalbed methane, enhanced coalbed methane, underground coal gasification, CO2 capture and storage and surface or near-surface environmental impacts.

The use of horizontal wells and flue gas injection for Coalbed Methane (CBM) and Enhanced CBM (ECBM) technology and the assessment of effective CO2 storage capacity: Experience from a Scottish coalfield.

Jonathan R Kelafant Advance Resources International Inc. USA

Jonathan R. Kelafant is Senior

Vice President with Advanced Resources International, Inc. He has over 25 of years of experience in natural gas resource recovery and assessment in over 20 countries including Australia, Botswana, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Germany, India, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Mozambique, Poland, South Africa, Turkey, Ukraine and Zimbabwe. He manages domestic and international energy projects with a primary emphasis on the technical assessment and development of unconventional gas resources. Responsibilities include new business development, contract negotiation, scheduling and management of field operations, geologic analysis, and feasibility study development. Projects range from short-term reserve assessments for domestic and overseas production companies (ExxonMobil, ChevronTexaco, Shell, BP Amoco, etc.) to managing full scale field development programs. He has worked extensively on shale gas and coalbed methane projects in India since 1991. Mr. Kelafant holds a M.Sc. in Geology from George Washington University and a B.Sc. in Geology from Washington and Lee University.

Dr. Anna Korre

Royal School of Mines, Imperial College, London

Anna Korre is a Reader in Environmental Engineering in the Royal School of Mines at Imperial College London. Trained as a geologist, Anna has 18 years of experience in the field of geostatistics, spatial data analysis and risk assessment applied to minerals, energy and reservoir engineering projects. Her current research is concerned with risk assessment of CO2 geological storage, environmental assessment of industrial operations and life cycle assessment of fossil fuel power generation with CO2 capture and storage.

Event Speakers and Panelists


Dr Hua Guo Theme Leader: Coal Mining – Enhancing

Value, Safety and Environment CSIRO, Australia

Hua Guo is currently the Theme Leader of Coal Mining – Enhancing Value, Safety and Environment at CSIRO where he is responsible for strategic planning and delivering R&D programs in coal mining that cover mining engineering, mining automation, mine environmental technologies, and coal processing. Dr Guo is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and a member of the Technical Advisory Committee of the Coal Mining Abatement Technology. He has also served as a member of several major international bodies, including the GMI Coal Subcommittee, the International Organising Committee of World Mining Congress, the Asia Pacific Partnership Coal Mining Task Force, and the Australia-China Coal Mine Safety Collaboration Technical Committee and Working Group. He is a mining engineer with 30 years experience in mining operations and research including 3 years with Pasminco Mining’s underground mining operations and 6 years with BHP’s surface mining operations. Dr Hua Guo has a B.Engg. (1982) and M.Eng. (1984) in mining engineering from the Northeastern University, China, and a PhD (1989) in mining geomechanics from the University of Wollongong, Australia.

N Kumar Director (Technical) Coal India Limited

Nagendra Kumar has graduated Mining Engineering from Indian School of Mines of Mines, Dhanbad in the year 1980. He joined Central Coalfields Limited as Junior Executive Trainee in 1980. In his first 20 years in CCL, he has worked for almost 6 years as Manager and 7 years as Project Officer. He was transferred to Eastern Coalfields Limited in 2001 in the same capacity and assumed the charge of General Manager in 2004 and Chief General Manager in 2007.He has spent most of his career in reviving difficult underground and opencast mines and has the experience of working with almost all kind of mechanization in underground and opencast. He was actively associated with indigenization of Long Wall Equipment and has presented a number of papers on its successful implementation. His latest achievement is the successful operation of Continuous Miner in Jhanjra Area matching World Standards in production and safety. He has travelled foreign countries like South Africa and China, France, Italy and Germany.

Dr Shi Su Senior Principal Research Scientist CSIRO, Australia

Shi Su graduated from the Northeastern University in China in 1987, and was awarded a DE in Thermal Energy (Power) from the Southeast University in China in 1992 and a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Queensland in Australia in 1999. Dr Su is a Senior Principal Research Scientist at CSIRO Earth Science and Resource Engineering.

Since joining CSIRO in 2000, he has been leading research into mine methane capture and utilisation, mine environmental sustainability, and low emission coal technologies including gasification based IGCC and post combustion CO2 capture. He is the author of over 100 journal articles and conference papers, and has three international patents in methane capture and mitigation and CO2 capture.

D N Prasad Adviser (Projects) Ministry of Coal Govt. of India

D N Prasad, a Graduate Mining Engineer from Osmania University, holder of First Class Mine Manager’s Certificate and MBA from UK, has put in about 32 years of overall experience in the Coal and Energy sectors of India. His experience includes 11 years of operation and management of coal mines in the Public Sector Coal Companies and about 21 years in Development Policy Planning for Energy fuels Coal & Lignite in the Energy Division of the Planning Commission and Ministry of Coal. He is presently continuing as Adviser (Projects) in the Ministry of Coal, Govt. of India. His experience encompass development of coal mining projects; techno-economic appraisals of coal mining projects for investment decisions; capital budgeting; exploration for coal and lignite, CBM, CMM etc.; appraisal of environmental impact assessment; issues related to climate change; development of perspective plans for coal & lignite; development of clean coal technologies including coal washing, coal gasification, UCG, CTL; development of infrastructure for coal evacuation etc. He represented Planning Commission & Ministry of Coal on various Committees related to coal development and visited a number of countries including Australia, Japan, Germany, UK, USA, Belgium, France, China, Turkey etc. in relation to professional work. He has contributed a number of papers on policy and issues in coal sector in various National & International Forums.


R K Chopra Director (RD&T) CMPDI

Rajesh Kumar Chopra, Director (Technical/ RD&T), CMPDI is a graduate in Mining Engineering (1977) from Banaras Hindu University (BHU). Started his career with Tata Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. in 1977, he joined CIL / CMPDIL in 1982. He was nominated for one year training in Germany in advance coal mining methods. During his service of CMPDI for over 20 years he undertook Planning of several large and mega mining projects of CCL, SECL and NCL. He was also placed in the Ministry of Coal, New Delhi as GM/ CGM (Mining) where he made his contribution in subjects like coal research & conservation, clean coal technologies, coal bed methane, gasification, CTL, coal exploration, coal project monitoring & appraisal, policies, guidelines etc. He has visited many countries and has been part of the delegations representing India. He has published and presented many papers in national and international forums. He received the award for Corporate Energy Management by the Associates of Energy Engineers - USA, India Chapter. Presently he is Director (Technical), CMPDIL, looking after Research, Development, Underground and Opencast mine Planning, Blasting, Coal Technologies, Coal Bed Methane, Underground Coal Gasification and Coal & Mineral Beneficiation.

Dr. S. K. Singh Vice President-G&G Essar Oil Ltd.

Shailendra Kr Singh has

masters in Applied Geology from IIT Kharagpur and a Doctorate in sedimentary geochemistry from JNU New Delhi. He is a trained Petroleum Geologist with rich experience of working in Oil & Gas and CBM exploration with India’s state owned company Oil & Natural Gas Corporation for 22 years. Generated geological models for India’s frontier, Bengal & Assam- Araakan Basins and subsequently was part of the team responsible for adsorption of CBM technology in ONGC & also evaluated Coalbed Methane (CBM) potential of all the major Gondwana basins. Presently heading the Essar Energy Unconventional Gas technical team and is involved in planning & execution of Essar’s E & P programmes for CBM. Notably Essar’s Raniganj CBM block has entered successfully into commercial development stage. He is also developing E&P strategy for Shale Gas exploration and other coal based unconventional source of energy like CMM & UCG for the company.

Sudhansu Adhikari Country Manager, Dart Energy India Pvt. Ltd.

Sudhansu Adhikari did his 1st Class M.Sc. in Geology from Calcutta University in the year 1977. He started professional carrier in 1978 as Geologist in the Geological Survey of India and worked for exploration in Coal and base metal. For over 16 years he was engaged in coal exploration mostly in Sohagpur Coalfield of Central India and for a brief period in Bokaro and S.Karanpura coalfields in Jharkhand. He was associated with joint USGS-GSI project on the evolution of high rank coals in Sohagpur during 1995-2000. During this period he was exposed to the major CBM fields in USA and started working on CBM while in GSI. After leaving GSI in 2001 he joined Reliance Industries CBM team. As the Chief Geologist in RIL he was responsible for the exploration works in RIL’s CBM blocks and was the key person for the discovery of Sohagpur E & W CBM field which is now one of the best CBM blocks in India. Later he became the Country Manager of Arrow Energy in July 2009. He is continuing as Country Manager of Dart Energy following the demerger of Dart from Arrow Energy in August 2010. Under his supervision Dart (Arrow) has completed exploration of four CBM blocks in Central and Eastern India.

B K Prusty

Mining Engineering Department IIT Kharagpur

B K Prusty is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mining Engineering at IIT Kharagpur, India. He has a total of 16 years of experience in academics, and research.Earlier he served as a Scientist for 12 years at Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research Dhanbad, India working in the fields of mining environment and methane emission from mines. He obtained his Ph.D. in the area of Coalbed methane from the Southern Illinois University, USA in 2005. He worked there as a Research Assistant for four years. His primary area of expertise includes: adsorption characterization of coal and gas shale, shrinkage and swelling of coal/shale with adsorption/desorption, coal mine methane, and underground coal gasification. He has completed about 47 R&D and consultancy projects funded by mining industry, and Government of India. He is associated with three international projects funded by the Government of USA and European Union. He has about 35 technical papers that have been published in international and Indian journals or presented in conferences. He has visited several countries including USA, Canada, UK, Italy, Slovenia and Austria.

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