New Delhi: Central Mine Planning and Design Institute Ltd. (CMPDI) has reviewed the operational status and progress of its Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) Research and Development (R&D) pilot project at Kasta (West), with senior officials from Coal India Limited (CIL), CMPDI and Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL) deliberating on the project's future course of action.
A review meeting was held in hybrid mode at CMPDI headquarters in Ranchi on November 10 to assess the ongoing project operations and discuss the way forward for advancing Underground Coal Gasification technology.
During the meeting, Dr. Michael Blinderman, Director of Canada's Ergo Exergy Technologies Inc., made a detailed presentation on the ongoing project operations and apprised the participants of the progress achieved so far.
The meeting was attended by Achyut Ghatak, Director (Technical), Coal India Limited, through video conferencing, and Chaudhari Shivraj Singh, Chairman and Managing Director (CMD), CMPDI.
Other participants included Ajay Kumar, Director (Technical/P&D), CMPDI; Nripendra Nath, Director (Technical/CRD), CMPDI; Anand Mohan, Director (Technical/RD&T, BD), CMPDI; and Girish Gopinathan Nair, Director (Technical), Planning and Projects, ECL, who joined through video conferencing.
R.K. Singh, Executive Director (Exploration), CIL, the General Manager of Pandaveswar Area, senior officials from ECL headquarters, and officers from CMPDI's Regional Institute-I, Asansol, and its headquarters also participated in the meeting.
The review provided an opportunity to assess the project's current status and deliberate on further steps required to advance the UCG technology through the ongoing R&D pilot initiative.
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