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  <xsd:element name="NetIncomeLossAvailableToMajorityStockholders" id="bkv_NetIncomeLossAvailableToMajorityStockholders" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" abstract="false" nillable="true" xbrli:balance="credit" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
  <xsd:element name="NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholders" id="bkv_NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholders" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" abstract="false" nillable="true" xbrli:balance="credit" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
  <xsd:element name="BanpuPublicCompanyLimitedBanpuMember" id="bkv_BanpuPublicCompanyLimitedBanpuMember" type="dtr-types:domainItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" abstract="true" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
  <xsd:element name="TempleCreditFacilitiesMember" id="bkv_TempleCreditFacilitiesMember" type="dtr-types:domainItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" abstract="true" />
  <xsd:element name="GainLossOnSaleOfAssets" id="bkv_GainLossOnSaleOfAssets" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" abstract="false" xbrli:balance="credit" />
  <xsd:element name="FuelCommodityCosts" id="bkv_FuelCommodityCosts" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" abstract="false" xbrli:balance="debit" />
  <xsd:element name="DerivativeNonmonetaryNotionalAmountPowerForwardsPurchases" id="bkv_DerivativeNonmonetaryNotionalAmountPowerForwardsPurchases" type="dtr-types:energyItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" abstract="false" />
</xsd:schema>
