Coalbed Methane in India

1.Coalbed Methane:Its Relevance and Current Status.- 2.Technical, Environmental and Policy Aspects of CBM in Indian Context.- 3.Major Issues,Suitable Sites and Operational Feasibility of CBM in India.- 4.Legal Issues, SWOT Analysis, Global Market Players and Cost Benefit Analysis of CBM in India.

Dr. Ajay Kumar Singh was formerly a scientist at the CSIR-Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research, where he headed the Methane Emission and Degasification Division for almost two decades. He was the Principal Investigator tasked with determining the fugitive methane emissions from Indian coal mining activities for the Ministry of Environment and Forests & Climate Change, Government of India and was involved in the preparation of India's Initial and Second National Communications to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). He is one of the lead authors of the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (Fugitive Emission Section, Energy Volume) published by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

Dr. Singh has also managed several projects related to CBM and coal mine methane (CMM) in the country. He was the lead investigator for the Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research (CIMFR) in the United Nations Development Program Global Environment Facility Government of India (UNDP/GEF-GOI Project) on Coalbed Methane Recovery and Utilization and the Project Leader of the United States EPA Grant on Coal Mine Methane Recovery and Utilization in three major Indian coalfields. He also led the Network Project on Underground Coal Gasification. He has also led several consultancy projects, for e.g. the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), subsidiaries of Coal India Limited (CIL) and other private enterprises. Thus, he has more than 25 years experience advising the government and agencies on critical issues related to CBM, CMM and other related aspects in the field of earth sciences and energy.