President Huang Shengchu Leading the Delegation to Visit the U.S. and to Discuss Cooperative Project

May 17th to 29th, at the invitation of U.S.Environmental Protection Agency, President Huang Shengchu, together with Chief Engineer of JinCheng Coal Industry Group, Mr. He Tiancai and four others, investigated Coalbed Methane Development Technology and discuss about cooperative project in the U.S. They were also present at the 2007 International Coalbed Methane Conference.

During this period of time, President Huang and U.S.Environmental Protection Agency hold meeting about progress of the project “ Methane to Market in the Field of Coal Industry” and the preparation for “2007 M2M Expo”, both of which are being conducted by the China Coal Information Institute. He also visited U. S. Trade Development Agency and World Bank. With the latter, he discussed about the progress of development and application of coalbed methane, a project supported by World Bank. Through negotiation, the two sides agreed on intention for new cooperation. President Huang also attended the 2007 International Coalbed Methane Conference held in Alabama University. His lecture at the conference, entitled “Status Quo of Coalbed Methane in China and the Case Study” attracted wide attention of the convocators, who expressed their expectation for further cooperation with China in the field of coalbed methane.

The delegation also attended a two-day technical training and site inspection. Senior technique director of Target Drilling Company introduced in detail the coalbed gas surface directional drilling and the latest progress in underground directional boring technique. The delegation also had some communication with Target Drilling Company in Black Warrior mining area, thoroughly studying the simultaneous exploitation of coal and gas and purification of light-concentrated gas.