Indonesian govt to use shale gas on trial basis in 2010

Antara News, Thursday, December 17, 2009 11:00 WIB

Jakarta (ANTARA News/Asia Pulse) - The Indonesian government is to conduct experiments in the use of gas extracted from shale or otherwise also called "unconventional gas" beginning in 2010, an energy official said.

Shale gas, like CBM (local bed methane) which is imbedded in the core of coal, is considered the alternative energy of the future, Edy Hermantoro, oil and gas upstream director at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, said.

Shale gas is gas trapped in shale rocks. He said preliminary studies had shown Indonesia had sizeable shale gas reserves in its soil but the exact volume had yet to be measured.

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Business in Asia Today - Dec 17, 2009
published by Asia Pulse