CIL to ink pacts with BHEL, IOCL and GAIL to set up four coal gasification projects
State-owned CIL will sign agreements with three public sector enterprises — Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL), Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) and GAIL (India)– in order to set up four surface gasification projects.
Through gasification process, coal is converted into syngas — a fuel gas — which can be used in downstream production of value added chemicals.
