Strategic Energy Technology Systems (SETSPL), a JV of Tata group companies and South African firm Sasol, has approached the project monitoring group (PMG) at the Cabinet to help resolve the delay over its proposed coal-to-liquid project in Orissa.

Due to the delay in receiving a prospecting licence (PL) deed for the project from the state government, the developer is facing hurdles.

The proposed project involves setting up a 30 million tpa opencast coal mine for the coal-to-liquid (CTL) plant, which has a capacity of 80,000 barrels per day. The project also houses a captive 1,100 MW power plant.

Due to delay in the PL deed, all subsequent milestones, such as forest clearance, environmental clearance and mining lease are at a standstill.

Once the company receives the PL deed, it will have to drill large diameter boreholes to determine the detailed coal properties required for CTL end-use in not just the unexplored area of the block but in the already explored area as well.

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