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Samaja’s Shilpayana Supplement: Mineral resources of Odisha

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Gas and oil discovery by ONGC in the Mahanadi river basin

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NDTV reports discovery of gas and oil in the Mahanadi river basin. Following is an excerpt from that report.

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has made five oil and gas finds in eastern offshore and north-east, the most significant being a gas discovery in the Mahanadi basin block where 3-4 Trillion cubic feet of gas reserves have already been established.

“ONGC made second discovery in Mahanadi basin in MN-DWN-98/3 block in east coast of India about 60-km off Paradeep coast in Orissa,” the company said.

The well MDW-4A at a water depth of 1,087 meters produced gas with a high flow potential from a depth of 1,800 meters. The state-run firm has 100 per cent interest in the block it won in first round of New Exploration Licensing Policy.

The company has so far drilled five wells in Mahanadi Basin and made the first discovery in 2006. It, however, did not say the reserve potential in the new discovery.

“This is again a new discovery and potential of the field is being assessed. The flow rate of oil is highest among the discoveries in North-East. Oil is of very good quality sweet crude with API gravity of 33 and pour point 300 degree Celcius,” it said.