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CNR awarded hat-trick of UCG licences
Cluff Natural Resources (CNR) reports that the UK’s Coal Authority has awarded the company a further three additional underground coal gasification (UCG) licences covering prospects at Durham North and Durham South (off the coast of Durham) and Maryport (offshore Cumbria). All three licences are located in former coal mining areas with signficant historical datasets. CNR now holds eight UCG licences in the UK, covering a total area of 61,274 hectares.
Algy Cluff, Chairman and Chief Executive of CNR, commented: ‘It is well known that coal seams extend into the offshore waters around the UK and the technology now exists to develop the UK’s most abundant indigenous energy source. To this end we are in the process of commissioning the engineering and environmental studies required to support planning applications for our first demonstrator projects in the UK. Recent world events have further highlighted the major crisis our country faces in terms of future energy security and supply. I firmly believe a well regulated UCG industry in the UK will further diversify our primary energy supply, thereby reducing our reliance on foreign imports and exposure to fluctuations in global energy prices.’
News Item details
Journal title: Petroleum Review
Countries: UK -
Subjects: Coal, Exploration and production, Coal gasification
