COAL BED METHANE

EXTRACTION IN

CAUVERY DELTA-AN OVERVIEW…

SCREENING:• INDIAN GOVERNMENT’S PLAN: THE DETAILS ON THE LICENSE PROVIDED IN ORDER TO

FULFILL THE GROWING DEMAND OF FUEL, TO EXTRACT METHANE, TO GREAT EASTERN ENERGY CORPORATION LIMITED (GEECL) ON 29TH JULY, 2010 IS AS FOLLOWS.

• LANDSCAPE TO EXTRACT METHANE GAS: THIRUVIDAIMARUTHUR, KUMBAKONAM, ORATHANADU, PAPANASAM TALUK OF THANJAVUR DISTRICT AND KUDAVASAL, VALANGAIMAN, NEEDAMANGALAM, MANNARKUDI TALUK OF THIRUVARUR DISTRICT.

• TOTAL LANDSCAPE: 691 SQ. KILOMETERS. OUT OF THIS, 24 SQ. KILOMETERS ARE ALLOTTED TO EXTRACT LIGNITE AND THE REST 667 SQ. KILOMETERS (1,66,210 ACRES) IS FOR METHANE EXTRACTION.

SCOPING…• IF A WELL IS BEING DRILLED FOR EVERY 80 ACRE OF LAND, THEN 2000

WELLS WOULD BE DRILLED.

• IT MAY CONTAIN SALT MORE THAN 5 TIMES AS OF SEA WATER.

• PLAN TO LOOT MINERALS DEMOTING CAUVERY DELTA A DESERT.

• AGRICULTURE AND THE SOCIETY DEPENDENT ON AGRICULTURE WILL BE RUINED.

• DISASTER IS NOT ONLY FOR MANNARKUDI, BUT ALSO FOR ENTIRE TAMIL NADU.

BASELINE DATA:• ON 29 JULY 2010 GEECL WON CBM-IV TYPE LICENSE IN A BIDING TO EXPLORE AND

EXTRACT CBM IN THE CAUVERY BASIN FROM THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS.

• THE DMK GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU ISSUED PETROLEUM EXPLORATION LICENSE (PEL) FOR AREA COVERING 667 KM2.

• THE COMPANY HAS A PLAN TO DRILL 50 CRORE PRODUCTION WELLS OF 150-450M DEEP IN THE GROUND

• IN SEPTEMBER 2012 THE UNION MINISTRY FOR ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTS (UMOEF) ISSUED ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE TO THE PROJECT.

• AS PER EIA NOTIFICATION 2006 THE PROPOSED EXPLORATION, TESTING OF WELLS AND COMMERCIAL EXPLOITATION AT THE MANNARGUDI CBM BLOCK ARE COVERED UNDER CATEGORY 1(B), AND SO GEECL REQUIRES PRIOR ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE (EC) FROM THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTS (MOEF), NEW DELHI

• A TOR PRESENTATION WAS ISSUED ON 24TH MAY 2011.

• COAL BED METHANE IS A NATURAL GAS THAT OCCURS WITHIN THE SEAMS OF UN-MINED COAL BEDS.

• IT IS TYPICALLY CONTAINED WITHIN THE MICRO-PORES OF THE COAL AND IS RETAINED IN PLACE DUE TO THE PRESSURE CREATED BY THE PRESENCE OF WATER.

• THE MANNARGUDI BLOCK (AS DELINEATED BY THE DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF HYDROCARBON) COVERS AN AREA OF ~691 KM2 WHILE THE EFFECTIVE AREA FOR CBM OPERATIONS IS ~667 KM2 (~66,700 HECTARES), LEAVING ASIDE AN AREA OF ~24 KM2 FOR POSSIBLE LIGNITE MINING IN THE FUTURE.

• PHASE I: DRILLING OF 50 CORE HOLES AND 2 TEST WELLS (COVERING BOTH THE DISTRICTS)

• PHASE II A:DRILLING OF 30 TEST WELLS AND 38 CORE HOLES IN THIRUVARUR DISTRICT.

• USING AIR MEDIA OR USING WATER BASED DRILLING MUD.

PUBLIC HEARING DETAILS

• MINUTES OF THE PUBLIC HEARING HELD ON 23.01.2012 AT 5.00 P.M. AT CONFERENCE HALL, COLLECTOR OFFICE, THIRUVARUR.

• NO. OF PUBLIC PARTICIPANTS: 109

WHAT DO WE GET BY LOSING A VAST LANDSCAPE???

AREA OF LAND ASSIGNED TO EXTRACT METHANE

AND COAL: 691 SQ. KM. (1,71,190 ACRES).

CONSIDER ONLY 1,60,000 ACRES OUT OF THIS:

• INCOME FROM 2160 KG OF PRODUCTION TWICEA YEAR PER ACRE FOR 30 YEARS: RS. 20,736.00CRORES

• INCOME FROM PRODUCTION OF PULSES WORTH RS. 9000 PER ACRE FOR 30 YEARS: RS. 4,320.00CRORES

• WOOD TIMBER/FIRE WOOD 2 TONS PER ACRE @ RS. 2000 PER TON ONCE IN EVERY 5 YEARS: RS. 384.00 CRORES

SUPPOSE THE NUMBER OF COWS DOUBLING IN FIVE YEARS.

• INCOME FROM SELLING THE COWS (760000*4000*6): RS. 1,824.00 CRORES

SUPPOSE THE NUMBER OF GOATS DOUBLING IN TWO YEARS.

• INCOME FROM SELLING THE GOATS (670000*2500*15): RS. 2,512.5 CRORES

• TOTAL LOSS RS. 29,776.5 CRORES

WHAT ABOUT THE FOOD???

WE EAT ONLY FOOD, NOT THE MONEY THOUGH WE

MAY BE IN AN ECONOMICAL LOSS IN A FEW

THOUSAND………..CRORES!!!

THINK!!!ARE WE MERE PROPERTIES??? TO BE SOLD FOR 10K

CRORES???

A SHORT DISPLAY…

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ACTION PLAN BY GEECL…

• THE COMPANY HAS RECEIVED THE PERMIT FROM UNION MINISTRY FOR ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTS AND TAMIL NADU POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD AND PRIOR PERMISSION FROM TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT TO EXECUTE THE CBM PROJECT.

• THE COMPANY HAD ANNOUNCED THAT IT WOULD START THE LATENT WELL DRILLING ACTIVITIES BEFORE THE END OF 2012. PRELIMINARY WORK ON 12 LATENT WELLS AT THANJAVUR AND 38 LATENT WELLS AT THIRUVARUR.

DETAILS OF LATENT WELLS TO BE SET ON 50 AREAS:

•KUMBAKONAM TALUK: KOTHANGUDI, PERAPPATTI, VANDUVANJERI,

THIRUCHERAI, THUKKACHERI, AAMANGUDI, VITTALUR, KUMARAMANGALAM, NACHIARKOVIL.

• THIRUVIDAIMARUTHUR TALUK: MANJAMALLI, NARASINGAMPETTAI.

•ORATHANADU TALUK:  KULAMANGALAM.

CONTD…•KUDAVASAL TALUK: SITHTHADI, KUDAVASAL, MELAIPALAYAM, MALUVACHERI, OGAI,

KEEZHAPALAYUR, KAMUKAKKUDI, PATHTHUR, KORADACHERI, AARPAAR, MANJAKUDI, VADAVER, SELLUR.

•VALANGAIMAN TALUK: SARANATHTHAM, MANIKKAMANGALAM, KOTTAIYUR,

ANUMANTHAPURAM, KEELAVADAMAL, RASENTHIRANALLUR, NAARTHANGUDI, KOYILVENNI, AATHANUR, KANDIYUR.

•NEEDAMANGALAM TALUK: POOVANUR, KEEZHAVANTHACHERI (THANDILAM),

ARICHAPURAM, ANUMANTHAPURAM, ANNAVASAL, KAALACHERI.

• MANNARKUDI TALUK: KARNAVOOR, VADAPAATHI, CHERANKULAM, MANNAKUDI, ARAVATHUR, SAVALAKKARAN, MOOVARKOTTAI, PARUTHIKKOTTAI, KALANJIMEDU.

FALSE PROMISE…

• METHANE WILL INCREASE THE TEMPERATURE OF THE ENVIRONMENT.

• THE COMPANY PROPAGATES THAT BURNING METHANE WILL IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS AND METHANE IS A NON-POLLUTANT FUEL.

• THEREFORE IT FALSELY ADVERTISES THAT COAL-BED METHANE EXTRACTION IS A GREEN-HOUSE PLAN.

METHANE EXTRACTION…

• THE PRESSURE FROM GROUND WATER DOES NOT ALLOW THE SPARSELY SPREAD METHANE FROM THE COAL-BEDS TO ESCAPE.

• TO EXTRACT THE GAS, A STEEL-ENCASED HOLE IS DRILLED INTO THE UNDERGROUND COAL SEAMS AND DEWATERED THROUGH PUMPING.

• THIS REDUCES PRESSURE AND RELEASES TRAPPED GASES UP TO THE WELL HEAD.

ADVERSITIES…

• GROUND LEVEL WATER AROUND CAUVERY DELTA WOULD GO BELOW 500 FT AND UNDERGROUND WATER SOURCES AROUND THE MANNARKUDI AREA WOULD ALSO GO DRY.

• SALT WATER FROM THE BAY OF BENGAL WILL ENTER THE CAUVERY DELTA.

• THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE CAUVERY DELTA IN TO A SALT MINE WILL BE THE IMPENDING DISASTER.

• THERE ARE ALSO CHANCES FOR EARTHQUAKE AND SINK HOLES.

WHAT THE COMPANY

GETS???THE COMPANY HAD TOLD THAT ONLY 60% OF THE AVAILABLE 0.98

TRILLION CUBIC FEET OF GAS (I.E., 0.588 TRILLION CUBIC FEET) CAN BE

EXTRACTED.

• ESTIMATING THE VALUE AS RS. 30 PER CUBIC METERS OF GAS:  RS. 49,989.00 CRORES

• CONSIDERING ROYALTY AND TAX TO BE PAID TO THE GOVERNMENTAS 20%, MAXIMUM AMOUNT THE GOVERNMENT COULD GET:  RS. 9,997.7 CRORES (-)

• MONEY TO BE PAID TO THE LANDOWNERS: RS. 13300 CRORES(-)

TOTAL PROFIT: RS.

26,989.00CR (APPROX)

THE FINAL MESSGAE…

CAUVERY DELTA IS OUR MOTHER’S LAP.

DON’T DARE TO TOUCH CAUVERY DELTA!!!