ONGC Makes Huge Oil Discovery

Hello I was looking for the information about the data shared by the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation about the huge oil discovery on the western coast?

[Kiran Chandar]

ONGC said it has made a colossal oil disclosure off the west drift that will help the state-claimed firm raise its hanging oil yield.

The new revelation was made in the as of now delivering D1 oilfield. The find "will sling D1 to wind up the third biggest field in western seaward after productive Mumbai High and Heera", Oil and Natural Gas Corp said in an announcement.

D1, which is as of now creating 12,500 barrels for every day (bpd), had an affirmed crest yield of 36,000 bpd. With the new disclosure, the top yield would hop to 60,000 bpd or three million tons a year.

"Prior, the D1 was known not starting oil set up (or inplace stores) to the request of 600 million barrels (82.20 million tons of oil identical). After the revelation of the new pool, its aggregate set up stores are relied upon to be in abundance of one billion barrels," it said.

D1, basically an oil delivering field, is arranged around 200 km west of Mumbai city in profound mainland rack at a water profundity of 85 to 90 meters.

The principal well in D1-4 square was bored in the year 1976. The low gas-to-oil-proportion (GOR) and the then comprehension of store prompted moderate pace of investigation and evaluation of the field.