India CBM field starts operations

India’s Reliance Industries has commenced commercial production from a coal bed methane (CBM) block – SP(West)–CBM–2001/1 – in Sohagpur, Madhya Pradesh. Gas has been flowing since late March and is supplying methane to the 302-km Shahdol Phulpur pipeline that links the field to wider Indian gas networks. Reliance has drilled more than 200 wells in the field and plans to drill 800 or more going forward.