Clean Coal and Underground Coal Gasification

Clean Coal and Underground Coal Gasification

from OilPrice.com Daily News Update by thyu@oilprice.com (Al Fin)

The reserve limits for coal, for China as well as the rest of the world, can be postponed for several generations if the technology to gasify coal underground can be commercialized. Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) enables the access of deeper coal layers hitherto unavailable through conventional mining. Several modern pilot projects have been successfully completed in recent years and commercial projects are underway. _Rembrandt