Chinese researchers report natural gas reserve in Nepal’s Dailekh - 11

Kathmandu, December 11 Pockets of Dailekh, a locale 700 km west of Kathmandu, have stores of normal gas, a review directed by Chinese analysts has found. An underlying report of the Nepal-China participation study was submitted to Beijing few days back, and was made accessible to Nepal this week. Nepal's authorities say the discoveries are 'empowering'. As per the report, the gas found in Dailekh is unique in relation to the methane found under zones of Kathmandu. The gas found in Dailekh can straightforwardly be packaged and sold to shoppers, the report says. In spite of the fact that parcel has been said in regards to the possibility of petroleum investigation in Nepal, this is the first run through regular gas has been found in the nation. The Chinese specialists, who were in Nepal in November a year ago, gathered specimens of rocks from various ranges of Nepal and took them to their lab in China, where they examined them. They then presented the answer to the Chinese government after which it was sent to Nepal's Ministry of Industries.
Normal gas had been accounted for in Dailekh's Shristhan, Dhuleshwor and Paduka for quite a while. As indicated by local people, in Shristhan, a characteristic fire has been blazing for more than 300-odd years, purportedly on regular gas. Service authorities say they are presently sitting tight for the point by point report from the Chinese side. They anticipate that the dossier will be accessible inside a couple of weeks. "We are presently sure that we have gas in Dailekh. Be that as it may, we don't know how plausible its extraction would be," said a service official. "We should sit tight for the point by point report before we bounce to any conclusions," he said. The authority said that if the second report is certain about the business practicality of removing gas, the legislature will commission another review to investigate the points of interest. Taking after a year ago's Indian barricade, which went on for five months, the then KP Oli government had welcomed China to investigate prospects of petroleum extraction in Nepal.