Operations: Great Eastern Energy Corp. Ltd.

Raniganj (South) Block, West Bengal
The Raniganj (South) block covers an area of 210 square kilometer. The wells drilled in the contracted area are connected through an internal MDPE pipeline network that goes into the gas gathering station of GEECL. From there, the gas is fed into the dedicated external steel pipeline network of GEECL.

Some of the key points of the block:

• Area – 210 square kilometer
• Present no. of wells – 156
• Wells to be drilled in the future – 144
• Deviated wells successfully drilled – 56
• Dedicated pipeline – 77.62km running through Asansol-Durgapur industrial belt

Mannargudi Block, Tamil Nadu
The Mannargudi CBM block was received by GEECL in the year 2010 in CBM IV round conducted by Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoPNG).

Some of the key points of the block:

• Area – 667 square kilometers
• Permeability – High
• External pipeline infrastructure – already in place
• Wells to be drilled in the future – 50 core wells and 30 pilot production wells
• Presently under government arbitration