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Coal

Table 1 Coal deposits in Bangladesh (as of year 2009)


Coal
Basin/Area

Year
of
Discovery

Barapukuria
Phulbari
Khalashpeer
Deeghipara
Jamalgonj

1985
1997
1989
1995
1962

Depth of
Coal
Seam
118-509
141-270
257-451
328-455
640-1158

Cumulative
thickness of
coal seam
61
38
40
61
64

No. of coal
seams

Area
of
coal fields

6
5
6
5
7

6.68
24
5.75
11.7

Heating value of bituminous coal: above 11,000BTU/lb


Heating value of peat coal: around 6370 BTU/lb

Reserve
in Million
MT
390
572
400
600
1053

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