OIL confirms natural gas find in Andaman sea

NEW DELHI : India whitethorn person struck a large find successful Andaman Sea, with state-run explorer Oil India Ltd definitively establishing beingness of earthy state successful the basin for the archetypal timeGas was encountered astatine the Sri Vijayapuram-II well, drilled 17 km from the Andaman eastbound seashore astatine a h2o extent of 295 metres and people extent of 2,650 metres.

"An water of vigor opportunities opens up successful the Andaman Sea," lipid curate Hardeep Singh Puri said connected X.Initial investigating betwixt 2,212 and 2,250 metres confirmed earthy state with intermittent flaring. Since June, Puri has expressed hopes that OIL's Andaman run could output a Guyana-scale discovery. The size and commercialized viability of the find are yet to beryllium established earlier it tin beryllium designated a afloat discovery. Samples shipped to Kakinada showed 87% methane.If proven commercial, this would beryllium the 4th large eastbound seashore find aft Reliance, GSPC and ONGC strikes successful the Krishna-Godavari basin.              - Sanjay Dutta.