CHINA AND CANADA TO COOPERATE ON METHANE EXPLOITATION

AsiaInfo Services

04-03-2002

China and Canada to Cooperate on Methane Exploitation

BEIJING, Apr 03, 2002 (AsiaPort via COMTEX) -- China and Canada will cooperate in exploiting the energy potential of methane from China's coal beds. The Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation has signed a memorandum of understanding on China's coal bed methane technology development/carbon dioxide sequestration project.

The project aims to effectively exploit coal bed methane, a kind of clean energy, while storing carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas