ONGC begins production of crude oil in Bengal basin

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By Ashish Mitra --
Monday, 21 Dec, 2020

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) Limited has begun production of crude oil from the Asokenagar-1 well, (Bengal Basin) in 24 Paraganas. This exercise has made the Bengal basin India’s eighth producing basin. It joins the ranks of Krishna-Godavari (KG), Mumbai Offshore, Assam Shelf, Rajasthan, Cauvery, Assam-Arakan Fold Belt and Cambay.

This producing basin was dedicated to the nation by Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Dharmendra Pradhan last Sunday. He commenced the formal production of oil by switching on the Sucker Rod Pump (SRP). Pradhan said that the discovery would contribute towards attaining the goal for reducing oil import dependence given by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

A company statement said, “The Asokenagar-1 well was completed as an oil producer under Early-Monetisation Plan issued by the Government of India. This makes ONGC having discovered and put to production seven out of the eight producing basins of India covering 83 percent of established oil and gas reserves.”

According to the Directorate General of Hydrocarbons, there are 26 sedimentary basins in India covering a total area of 3.4 million square kilometer. Of these, 16 are on-land basins, 7 located both on-land and offshore and 3 completely offshore.

ONGC said that it is had sent its first hydrocarbon consignment produced during well testing to Indian Oil Corporation Limited’s Haldia Oil Refinery on November 5, 2020.

ONGC begins production of crude oil in Bengal basin. Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) Limited has begun production of crude oil  from the Asokenagar-1 well, (Bengal Basin) in 24 Paraganas. This exercise has made the Bengal basin India’s eighth producing basin. It joins the ranks of Krishna-Godavari (KG), Mumbai Offshore, Assam Shelf, Rajasthan, Cauvery, Assam-Arakan Fold Belt and Cambay.

This producing basin was dedicated to the nation by Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Dharmendra Pradhan last Sunday. He commenced the formal production of oil by switching on the Sucker Rod Pump (SRP). Pradhan said that the discovery would contribute towards attaining the goal for reducing oil import dependence given by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

A company statement said, “The Asokenagar-1 well was completed as an oil producer under Early-Monetisation Plan issued by the Government of India. This makes ONGC having discovered and put to production seven out of the eight producing basins of India covering 83 percent of established oil and gas reserves.”

According to the Directorate General of Hydrocarbons, there are 26 sedimentary basins in India covering a total area of 3.4 million square kilometer. Of these, 16 are on-land basins, 7 located both on-land and offshore and 3 completely offshore. 
 
ONGC said that it is had sent its first hydrocarbon consignment produced during well testing to Indian Oil Corporation Limited’s Haldia Oil Refinery on November 5, 2020.