By Robin Turner VAST swathes of the South Wales coalfields could be at the centre of a multi-billion-pound gas industry, according to a global energy firm hoping to extract a valuable energy source.

By Robin Turner WALES could soon have a raft of "methane millionaires" after a global energy firm announced the South Wales coalfield was saturated with the valuable gas.

Eden Energy, through its wholly owned subsidiary Hythane Company, has been selected by IndianOil to install and supply the first public hydrogen fueling station in India. The $1 million retail outlet will be sited in Delhi.

Eden Energy has provided an update on its operations in the White River Dome field in Colorado, US. Eden has drilled two new wells and is performing workover operations on two existing wells in the White River Dome project.