Raniganj East Gas Block (West Bengal, India)

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Raniganj East Gas Block is an operating gas block in West Bengal, India.

Raniganj East Gas Block is also sometimes referred to as RG(E)-CBM-2001/1.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Block-level project details for Raniganj East Gas Block

¹Final Investment Decision
²If a country or region is known to not produce any hydrocarbons in an unconventional method, this production type is assumed to be conventional

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID1 year	Production start year	Production type2
Raniganj East	Operating	Essar Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Ltd	Essar Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Ltd. (100.0%)	–	–	2016	Conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Raniganj East Gas Block

million m³ = million cubic meters

Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
gas	recoverable reserves	26829	million m³	2019	​
gas	remaing reserves	4474.02	million m³	2021	​

Table 3: Production from Raniganj East Gas Block

million m³/y = million cubic meters per year
million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year
million m³ = million cubic meters

Category	Fuel description	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
cumulative production	gas	2500	million m³	2024
production	coal seam gas	328.45	million m³/y	2017
production	oil	0	million bbl/y	2016
production	gas	236.5	million m³/y	2015
production	coal bed methane	280	million m³/y	2022

Location

Table 4: Block-level location details for Raniganj East Gas Block

Concession/Block	Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Raniganj East	West Bengal, India	Onshore	23.5095, 87.3694 (exact)

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