The
Government will consider a possibility to extract and use mine gas – methane,
from the coal deposits. The Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko
announced today, opening a special Government’s sitting dedicated to
considering investment projects, Government portal reported.
“Utilization
of methane is not only an issue of supplementary energy sources but an issue of
environment,” the Head of Government stressed.
Yulia
Tymoshenko emphasized Ukraine shows off one of the largest
amounts of extracted coal. However, according to the Head of Government, this
system is not flawless as in the process of extraction the environment is
polluted as huge amount of non-utilized gas, methane is injected into the air,
so improper utilization of the mine gas leads to cases of explosion and death
of miners.
The Premier
emphasized methane has to be viewed as a supplementary powerful energy resource
as its storages in Donetsk basin alone amount 11.5 bn cu m.
