India's Hydrocarbon Outlook – 2022-2023

100 DGH: 3 DECADES OF UNLOCKING INDIA'S HYDROCARBON POTENTIAL 3.2.2 Role of NDR in OALP/DSF bid rounds NDR is playing a pivotal role in the ongoing OALP / DSF rounds under HELP regime. It provides a gateway for operators/investors to carve out/select blocks/acreages of choice based on existing data, concessions, and no- go areas for putting up expression of interest/ bids. NDR constantly updates its portal with the latest data, E&P related information, active license areas, restricted areas and other cultural features. NDR is providing easy access of quality data to the investors thus helping them make robust evaluation of blocks/acreage for investment decision. NDR is not only preparing data packages for blocks offered under every round but also facilitating interested E&P investors with visualization of G&G projects in the physical data room where they can understand and interpret available data within offered blocks. In addition, NDR is also open to its users/academia for online browsing as well as evaluation/viewing of E&P data of any basinal area in its physical data room. 3.3 Key Achievements of Year 2022-23 Promoting exploration interests through Data visualisation room In-house Seismic data Interpretation projects to be used in data visualization room were created in DSG software application for 10 blocks of OALP-VIII, 16 blocks of CBM and 26 blocks of OALP-IX (Mega Offshore) on offer by DGH. All the 52 block projects including several vintages of 2D, and 3D seismic data along with well data were prepared and made ready for visualization within a stipulated timeline after shorting-out all the quality control issues including data conditioning. Specific G&G projects were made incorporating 2D and 3D seismic data available in East coast sedimentary Basins of India, viz. Bengal, KG and Cauvery basin for showcasing data to International Operating companies like Chevron, TotalEnergies etc. Showcasing of data for OALP/CBM/Mega Offshore projects in data visualisation room was done for 12 companies at 30 instances. Data packages of 10 OALP- VIII and 16 CBM blocks were prepared for bid rounds so that prospective investors could buy data specific to their areas of interest. In total, 30 specific data packages were purchased by companies for doing their due diligence which excludes other bulk data purchases for general technical purpose. Mini Data visualisation Centre at India Energy week (IEW) 2023 and GeoIndia Conference 2022 Based on the concept of physical data visualisation room of NDR at Noida, a mini data visualisation centre of was set up at DGH stalls of IEW at Bengaluru and GeoIndia at Jaipur. To facilitate this mini data centre, seven specific interpretation projects, each catering to one basin, were created in Decision Space Geoscience (DSG) software. Each project included the 2D seismic data, well data and selected 3D seismic volumes. This gave good choice to each stakeholder to get an idea of the availability and quality content of data in a particular area of interest. An opportunity to visualize and assess data of blocks on offer with hands-on working in a workstation environment received a lot of attention from companies, investors, delegates, and academia during the conference. This tailor-made block specific projects, providing an insight into the subsurface basin analysis through seismic and well data also motivated stakeholders to visit physical data centre at Noida or to get specific data directly from NDR in later to carry out their detailed analysis and comprehensive due diligence for upcoming bidding rounds of OALP/CBM/DSF. The Mini Data Centre was set up with inhouse available resources using high-end workstation laptop loaded with projects in DSG application, big size good resolution graphics screen and highspeed internet connectivity. The internet connectivity was required for hosting NDR portal for showcasing active concession areas, blocks on-offer, basin and EEZ boundaries and other culture data for the general benefit of visitors and their familiarisation.