Dharmendra Pradhan dedicates Bengal basin to nation, says discovery would aid India’s energy security
While dedicating the Asokenagar discovery to the nation, Pradhan mentioned that the discovery would play a job for India’s energy security. He said that the discovery would undoubtedly add to the dedication in direction of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s clarion name for decreasing oil import dependence.
The Union Minister congratulated ONGC and mentioned that with this discovery, round seven many years of relentless endeavours by scientists and engineers of India have borne fruits, giving new hope for strong improvement of West Bengal.
“The Indian government is committed to fully support ONGC to make this a turning point in its strive to bring more oil and gas from the subsurface of West Bengal and help to bring a new phase of prosperity for the state and its people along-with local employment,” he mentioned.
According to a launch by Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd, the ONGC took a significant step by commencing oil manufacturing from the effectively Asokenagar-1, Bengal Basin in 24 Paragana district.
“The well Asoknagar-1 was completed as an oil producer under Early-Monetization Plan issued by Government of India. This makes ONGC having discovered and put to production seven out of the eight producing basins of India covering 83 per cent of established oil & gas reserves,” it mentioned.
ONGC is India’s largest oil and fuel producer contributing 72 per cent of the nation’s hydrocarbon manufacturing.
The ONGC mentioned that the effectively Asokenagar-1 has heralded the top of the painstaking seek for hydrocarbons within the area by sending its first hydrocarbon consignment produced throughout effectively testing to IOCL’s Haldia Oil Refinery finished earlier on November 5, 2020.
Re-energised by this discovery and keen to script extra success tales within the newly awarded OALP acreages within the Bengal Basin, ONGC has already put aside a sling of contemporary geoscientific actions.
“These comprise appraisal programme of Asokenagar discovery for an area of about 739 sq. km. including 3D seismic, Low-Frequency Passive Seismic (LFPS) Survey and drilling of two wells, besides acquiring roughly 1300 LKM of 2D, 2900 SKM of 3D and drilling of 13 wells in the next three years in the newly awarded acreages,” learn the discharge.
The Bengal Basin is unfold throughout practically 1.22 lakh sq. kilometres, with practically two-thirds of it falling below the waters of the Bay of Bengal.
As per the discharge, ONGC has invested Rs 3,361 crores to discover hydrocarbon within the Bengal Basin until now. Rs 425 crores will likely be spent on exploration actions within the basin within the coming two years.
Pradhan was accompanied by Jyotirmay Singh Mahato, Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha, Shashi Shanker, CMD, ONGC and Directors of ONGC through the occasion held on the manufacturing website of Asokenagar, round 50 Km from state capital Kolkata.
He commenced the formal manufacturing of oil by switching on the Sucker Rod Pump (SRP) amidst a choose gathering of senior officers, following Covid protocols. The minister additionally visited the geophysical social gathering camp and witnessed the seismic information assortment being finished for appraisal program of Asokenagar block.
