GEECL picks up 25% stake in ONGC's Raniganj CBM block

Last Updated: Monday, May 20, 2013, 18:02

Great Eastern Energy Corp Ltd (GEECL) Monday said it has won a 25 percent stake in state- owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp's (ONGC) Raniganj coal-bed methane (CBM) block in West Bengal.

Titan`s methane could run out soon

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 16, 2013, 14:33

NASA scientists think that hydrocarbon methane at Saturn`s moon Titan could be gone in tens of millions of years.

Essar Oil gets environmental clearances for CBM field

Last Updated: Monday, March 4, 2013, 15:44

Essar Oil Ltd Monday said it has received environmental clearance for its coal bed methane (CBM) gas field at Raniganj in West Bengal.

Christmas trees absorb super greenhouse gas methane

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 25, 2012, 16:07

Christmas trees are absorbing methane, a super greenhouse gas that they were previously suspected of emitting, scientists claim.

Curiosity adds new twist to Mars methane mystery

Last Updated: Saturday, November 3, 2012, 19:37

NASA’s Curiosity rover made the most sensitive measurements ever to search for methane gas on Mars, but could not smell it.

Rice cultivation accelerates global warming

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 23, 2012, 15:42

As concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere increases and global temperature rises, rice agriculture has become a larger source of the potent greenhouse gas methane.

Rangarajan asked to scrutinise CBM proposals of Reliance, Essar

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 9, 2012, 15:59

Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council Chairman C Rangarajan has been asked to scrutinise the coal-bed methane or CBM pricing proposals of Reliance industries and Essar Oil.