Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) is on its way to commercialize another Basin – the Vindhyan Basin. This would be the ninth producing Basin of India- the eighth by ONGC.
Well Hatta
- This comes close on the heels of the eighth Indian Basin – the Bengal Basin (Ashoknagar-1) –dedicated to the nation on 20th December 2020.
- Exploratory well Hatta#3 in Vindhyan Basin was drilled with the objective to establish commercial potential through detailed testing to acquire reservoir-specific data.
- The Well Hatta#3 is in the Son valley sector of Madhya Pradesh. On testing, the well-produced over 62,044 cubic meters/day gas, thus confirming the production potential of Proterozoic Basin for the first time in India.
9 Hydrocarbon basins in India
- Besides Vindhyan and Bengal, the other 7 basins are namely Krishna-Godavari (KG), Mumbai Offshore, Assam Shelf, Rajasthan, Cauvery, Assam-Arakan Fold Belt and Cambay.
About Vindhyan Basin
- The Vindhyan basin is a classic example of Proterozoic intracontinental basin that developed in the central part of the Indian27 shield along with several other basins such as Cuddapah, Chattisgarh, etc.
- The strata are exposed in three major sectors: Son valley, Bundelkhand and Rajasthan. Substantially thick Vindhyan rocks have also been recognized under the Gangetic alluvium.
About Hydrocarbons
- A hydrocarbon is an organic compound consisting of only hydrogen and carbon atoms.
- Hydrocarbons commonly occur in sedimentary basins and are absent from intervening areas of igneous and metamorphic rocks.
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