... may have driven down natural gas prices to 10-year lows in the US, but it's a different story in India's West Bengal state - allowing coal-bed-methane producer Great Eastern Energy to continue realising premium prices from its Raniganj block there.

"We will continue to drive our ramp-up in production in 2012, with a second rig being deployed at Raniganj and best in class technology being used to accelerate fracturing. "The substantial reserves upgrade we made in February is a positive sign about ...

RANIGANJ: Raniganj police on Thursday morning arrested notorious coal mafia Kamal Das from Hooghly's Mogra. Kamal will be produced in court on Friday. Kamal was picked up for his reported involvement in smuggling 150 tonnes of coal on January 10, ...