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Indonesia, India work to develop underground coal gasification technology

The Indonesian Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources and the Indian Ministry of Coal are working together to develop and test the underground coal gasification (UCG) technology in two locations in India’s West Bengal and Rahihajit regions.
Jakarta (VNA) – The Indonesian Ministry ofEnergy and Mineral Resources and the Indian Ministry of Coal are workingtogether to develop and test the underground coal gasification (UCG) technologyin two locations in India’s West Bengal and Rahihajit regions.

Technology Director at the Indian ministryPeeyush Kumar said the implementation of UCG technology is expected to helpincrease energy availability, conserve natural resources and reduce energycosts.

This technology is considered suitable forapplication in Indonesia and India. Moreover, the two countries havesimilarities in the proportion of fossil energy reserves, namely having coalreserves far greater than oil and gas reserves.

In detail, this technology will extract andconvert coal below the surface into synthesis gas (syngas) in an on-sitemanner.

Besides being able to be used as fuel for powerplants, this unconventional technology also produces syngas for variouspurposes such as petrochemical and chemical industries, Kumar noted, addingthat UCG syngas production costs are cheaper than LNG imports./.
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