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When this was CLNR it had CBM assets. With the energy crisis, any chance of CBM coming back?
I think the country needs CBM -
European Gas Prices Hit Escape Velocity After Russian Gas Supplies Plunge By 57% Overnight
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/european-gas-prices-hit-escape-velocity-after-russian-gas-supplies-plunge-57
CNRL was UCG - (Underground Coal Gasification) - nixed by Mrs Krankie’s ban on any drilling onshore north of the border.
And does Putin really have a big valve on his desk in the Kremlin?
https://www.oxfordenergy.org/wpcms/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Why-Are-Gas-Prices-So-High.pdf
Time our gas was drilled from north sea and exploration expedited. Make UK not reliant on Russia.
"nixed by Mrs Krankie’s ban on any drilling onshore north of the border" - exactly, and my point is - will circumstances force a reversal of that policy? Could that side of the business be revived?
From an announcement in October 2015 - "development of the Kincardine Project and investment in UCG in Scotland will continue to be on hold at least until the moratorium is lifted"
"CNR has a total of 9 UCG licences in the UK of which 6 are based in England and Wales and are therefore not subject to this moratorium. The Company remain convinced of the huge economic potential of the development of a UCG industry in the UK (highlighted by the independent economic impact assessment on UCG published by Biggar Economics in September) and the vital role UCG has to play in the diversification of the UK's energy mix and its long term security"
From an announcement in May, 2016 - ""Since my last statement the natural resources sector has continued to be buffeted by economic and political anxiety. Although this febrile atmosphere shows little immediate sign of recovery it is our considered judgement that this will prove to be a time of opportunity for expansion. For this posture to be practical it helps to be, as we are, free of debt or onerous work commitments. We have carefully considered our position and believe that the North Sea not only continues to be of strategic importance to the UK but also compares favourably with most of the world, boasting a market, an infrastructure and a Government, on the whole, determined to sustain activity. Government however is not always entirely aligned with industry and it has been depressing to observe the lack of coherence which has existed in policy since Ed Miliband became the Energy Secretary, a condition aggravated by the two Coalition Energy Ministers and which is culminating in grave threats to our country's energy stability.
We considered that underground offshore coal gasification could make a significant future contribution to the energy equation by converting billion of tonnes of offshore coal into gas. However these aspirations have not been endorsed by Government which prefers to place its primary hopes on the delivery of onshore shale together with questionable (and heavily subsidised) renewables. Longannet, which was the last remaining coal fired power station in Scotland, has now closed and makes a mockery of the Scottish Nationalist Party's energy policy where they have even imposed, at this critical time, a moratorium on both shale gas and underground coal gasification. We accordingly concluded that continuing to pioneer for a future energy formula which would convert cleanly and safely our offshore coal into gas was not consonant with our shareholders' best interests."
Note - "the vital role UCG has to play in the diversification of the UK's energy mix and its long term security" - long term security!
Note - "grave threats to our country's energy stability" - grave threats!
Note - "underground offshore coal gasification could make a significant future contribution to the energy equation"
They knew back then what was coming. So too did the energy company bosses who advised
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They knew back then what was coming. So too did the energy company bosses who advised the government not to close the Rough gas storage facility. They told the government that it would leave the country at risk of gas supply problems. The government went against the advice (they didn't "follow the science") and they closed it, and look at where were are today.
Note - "We accordingly concluded that continuing to pioneer for a future energy formula which would convert cleanly and safely our offshore coal into gas was not consonant with our shareholders' best interests" - so CLNR gave up because the politicians were determined to sabotage this country's energy supply.
So, our rulers prevented new supplies of gas from being developed and they wrecked our gas storage system that was there to protect the country in the event of gas supply problems.
The current energy crisis was planned and was cause intentionally. It has to be - the evidence is there. As for why they did \ are doing it is known to those who know the truth about the global warming / climate change lies and Agenda 21.
Noel
Salmond was all for ucg before the jock referendum, and the subsequent oil price collapse. But Krankie’s left wing lot don’t like oil/gas despite it transforming their economy from farming and fishing in the 1970s. Best leave them to stew in their own neeps an tatties.
Thanks for your reply Exploration. I would say let them stew, but I don't want them running so short of energy that it halts whisky distilling, or puts up the price.
I did note - "CNR has a total of 9 UCG licences in the UK of which 6 are based in England and Wales" so I would like to see them come back to life.
I need help with something that's bothering me. On my local radio station, the topic of gas prices and supply issues was being discussed and someone rang in to say that we ought to use gas from the coal seams. The caller pointed out that in the old coalfield areas, large firms used to be supplied with gas from the mines. The radio station brought on a so called expert, a geologist from Keele University, and he said that we can't use gas from coal seams because it has too many impurities.
I thought he can't be right because it was used in the past, so why has it suddenly become too impure to use, and as we know CLNR wanted to start producing coal bed methane, so they knew it could be used.
Was that geologist wrong? Thanks.
NoelShemsky
CLNR's English UCG licences were under the Dee Estuary and offshore NW England The idea was that the UCG process would happen underground but offshore using deviated injection and syngas producers connected to an onshore processing plant. But once the politicians smelt 'votes' they canned it, although the Scottish extremists banned all onshore drilling.
there are two types of licence for coal bed methane. One is Coal Mine Methane where methane is simply extracted from abandoned mine workings. The other is Coal Bed Methane where new horizontal wells are drilled into coal seams. Either way the produced gas includes methane and, usually, carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulphide impurities which have to be separated to bring the methane to UK NTS Grid specification.
In conventional gas fields with sandstone reservoirs the H2S reacts with iron to create iron sulphate ('fools gold) and the CO2 reacts with other minerals - a natural cleaning process in 'god's great geochemical factory' under our feet.
Bothe Co2 and H2S are bad news because they reduce calorific value and are highly corrosive in steelpipelines and other equipment.
Thanks Exploration for that comprehensive reply. Thanks for taking the time to type it. NS.