Methane Gas Coal Energy Future

oil and gas reserves are running low. At the same time, fuel prices continue to soar. Overcome that difficulty, the Department of Energy and Mineral Resources will develop a new energy, namely coal bed methane or coal gas methane.

"The era of oil is receding, now we replace it with coal and gas. Coal and gas became a prima donna and the least expensive energy is abundant in our country. Today we begin the exploration of natural gas, coal bed methane," said Minister of Energy and Resources Mineral (ESDM) Purnomo Yusgiantoro.

CBM, said Purnomo, the source is abundant in South Sumatra, Central Sumatra, South Kalimantan and South Kalimantan. "CBM reserves nationwide reach 453 trillion trillion standard cubic feet or
standard cubic feet (TSCF), "he said.

Based on data from the World Bank, the largest concentration of potential located in Kalimantan and Sumatra. In East Kalimantan, among others, scattered in Berau containing about 8.4 TSCF, Pasir / Asem (3 TSCF), Tarakan (17.5 TSCF), and Kutai (80.4 TSCF). Barito regency, Central Kalimantan (101.6 TSCF). Meanwhile in Central Sumatra (52.5 TSCF), South Sumatra (183 TSCF), and 3.6 TSCF Bengkulu, the rest lies in Jatibarang, West Java (0.8 TSCF) and Sulawesi (2 TSCF).

In similar places, Secretary of the Directorate General of Oil and Gas Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources Pamuji True explained that the contract for CBM exploration has been signed between PT Emdco Energy and PT Ephindo to land in Block Sekayu in Musi Banyu Asin regency (Muba), South Sumatra. "Hopefully the next three years, or in 2011, CBM was marketable," said Teguh.

Previously, PT Petro Muba, Sekayu, Banyuasin (Muba), and PT Epjhindo agreed to work together to explore the CBM. Then PT Elnusa Drilling Services, a subsidiary of PT Elnusa, won the tender work of three test wells coal bed methane (CBM) in the field of SSE Rambutan Block of South Sumatra. Elnusa
declared victorious in the auction held PPPTMGB Lemigas. PT Perusahaan Gas Negara (PGN) will
developing Coal Bed Methane (CBM) to replace natural gas.

Form of CBM as well as other natural gas. Can be utilized households, small industries, to large industrial. CBM is usually found in coal mines of non-traditional, whose position in the underground, between the fracture-fracture of coal. To be more mengunutngkan, CBM typically explored after the coal is mined out.

So far, CBM exploration costs are still higher than in petroleum exploring. However, the firm said, at a later time, the cost will be cheaper so that the CBM into new alternative energy that can be exploited community.

Currently, there are 20 companies lining up to get CBM exploration licenses, including private company owners of coal mining. Development of technologies to extract energy sources was first performed in the United States, namely Alabama and Southern Colorado in late 1980. In America, natural gas type CBM reaches 7 percent of total production. Other countries are already developing CBM include South Africa, Australia, and Canada.

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