First Sino-International mine gas joint venture in China

摘要

Green Gas International (GGI) is pioneering a joint venture with Shanxi Energy Industries Group Co. Ltd., the Chinese, state-owned energy and coal company and Shanxi Xingrun Coal & Coke Co. Ltd., a Chinese private energy company, to improve degasification practices and implement mine gas utilisation systems at coal mines in Shanxi province, China. Shanxi is the largest coal producing province in China, with production of over 600 Mst of coal in 2007. Over one third of China's coal bed methane (CBM) reserves are situated in Shanxi. Exploitation of both CBM and Coal Mine Methane (CMM) are undertaken in the province.