On 17 October 2019, the Chinese Government officially announced the preferer tenderers for the 2019 Shanxi Province CBM Bid Round, following an earlier announcement on 19 July 2019 that 5 of the 10 blocks had received qualifying bids. On 9 May 2019, the Chinese Government offered 10 CBM exploration blocks for the 2019 Shanxi Province CBM Bid Round. The awarded tender blocks have an initial exploration period of three years and three months. The minimum annual investment on each block is not lesser than RMB 30,000 (~US$ 4,400) per sq km. The tender closed on 17 July 2019. The tender blocks are:->Block Name Size->West Hongtong Block 283.11 sq km (No bid)->Hongtong Block 278.21 sq km (No bid)->Linfen Block 215.7 sq km (No bid)->West Linfen Block 284.84 sq km (No bid)->South Linfen Block 299.85 sq km (No bid)->Fushan Block 278.16 sq km (Awarded to Shanxi Juyuan Coal Chemical Co Ltd)->South Guxian Block 226.11 sq km (Awarded to Shanxi Anxi Coal Industry Co Ltd)->East HeshunMafang Block 253.82 sq km (Awarded to Shanxi Blue Flame Coalbed Methane Group Co Ltd)->Xiyangzhanshang Block 266.85 sq km (Awarded to Shanxi Pingyao Fengyan Coal Group Co Ltd)->East HeshunHengling Block 137.62 sq km (Awarded to Shanxi Pingyao Coal Chemical Group Co Ltd)<P /><P />
On 17 October 2019, the Chinese Government officially announced the preferer tenderers for the 2019 Shanxi Province CBM Bid Round, following an earlier announcement on 19 July 2019 that 5 of the 10 blocks had received qualifying bids.