On 13 November 2018, PVG(*) GmbH - Resources Services & Management was granted the Lippe-Nord contract in northwestern Germany. The contract is valid for five years, until 12 November 2023.  The 106 sq km Lippe-Nord area is located in the Nordrhein-Westfalen political province, within the MÃ¼nsterland Basin.  The target of the operation was related to the extraction of the methane gas from the Carboniferous coal series (CBM).  Background Information    PVG applied for the Lippe-Nord contract on 28 February 2018. The application was covering the exact same area as the Herbern-Gas contract held by Mingas-Power GmbH from 13 January 2010 to 12 January 2018.  Â   (*) PVG = Patentverwertungsgesellschaft (full name: Patentverwertungsgesellschaft fÃ¼r LagerstÃ¤tten, Geologie und BergschÃ¤den)
Germany, Lippe-Nord