India's Hydrocarbon Outlook – 2022-2023

104 DGH: 3 DECADES OF UNLOCKING INDIA'S HYDROCARBON POTENTIAL 5) MoU has been signed between DGH and Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology (RGIPT) on 23rd January, 2023 to jointly execute research work on geoscientific data analysis of Ganga- Punjab and Vindhyan basins. Professor A S K Sinha, Director, RGIPT signed the MoU on behalf of RGIPT while Dr C Laxma Reddy, ADG, DGH inked the MoU on behalf of DGH. 6) A Research collaboration on structural deformation, fluid migration patterns within deep water fold-and-thrust belts from seismic data of offshore Krishna Godavari Basin being carried out in collaboration with Department of Earth and Climate Science, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune. Promoting Indian Start-up: Caliche Private Limited, an upstream Indian start-up company is currently working in partnership with DGH on the topic “Machine Learning based Data Processing, Enrichment and Interpretation of Indian E&P Data for value addition”. Under this partnership, AI-enabled seismic data processing software will also be built encompassing validation and expertise from domain experts of DGH. In-house subsurface studies: NDR data analysis team has been working on geologically older and relatively less explored II/III basins like Ganga and Chhattisgarh Basins to understand its E&P potential using 2D seismic data acquired under National Seismic program (NSP). Some of the major studies are as follows: 1) Application of paleo-structural and seismic sequence stratigraphy analysis to determine the potential plays within the Proterozoic sequence of the Ganga Basin, India Detailed Paleo-structural, seismic sequence stratigraphy and depositional environmental studies have been carried out for Proterozoic Ganga basin. Further, plays and prospectivity studies have been carried out and envisaged possible petroleum system element within the basin. Outcome of the study has been published in internationally renowned Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 2) Prospectivity Perception and Speculation of Petroleum System Elements in Chhattisgarh Basin, India, using 2D Seismic Data Acquired Under NSP A detailed study carried out on Prospectivity Perception and Speculation of Petroleum System Elements in Chhattisgarh Basin, India, using 2D Seismic Data Acquired Under NSP. Cumulative area of ~17000 Sq. km area within Hirri and Baradwar subbasins are identified as potentially prospective with sediment thickness goes up to 1650- 2900m respectively. Outcome of the study delivered as technical presentation in India Energy week 2023 which was held in Bengaluru between 6-8 February 2023. 3) Paleo-Environment and Tectonic Evolution of the Proterozoic Sequence in Chhattisgarh Basin