India's Hydrocarbon Outlook – 2022-2023

109 DGH: 3 DECADES OF UNLOCKING INDIA'S HYDROCARBON POTENTIAL As per India Hydrocarbon Vision 2025, 100% Indian sedimentary area is to be appraised. To thrust the domestic hydrocarbon exploration and production and recognizing the pivotal role of exploration data in boosting E&P activities, Government of India launched the National Seismic Program (NSP) on 12th October, 2016 for appraisal of all unappraised onland areas of sedimentary basins by acquiring ~ 48243 Line Kilo Metres (LKM) 2D seismic data. NSP began with the exploration activities in the on- land part of the sedimentary basins. Under the programme, Government has approved the proposal for conducting 2D seismic survey for data Acquisition, Processing and Interpretation (API) of 48,243 LKM). Accordingly, 46,960 LKM of 2D data was acquired, thus covering 97% of assigned target. To cover the inaccessible and hostile geographical areas under NSP project, a volume of 40,000 flight LKM Airborne Geophysical Survey has also been planned. On behalf of Ministry, Oil India Ltd. has been selected as Nodal agency for carrying out Airborne Gravity and Gradiometry (AGG) survey. Data acquisition is important in order to have an initial insight into the basins which would in turn help in planning the future E&P activities, decide further focus areas of exploration activities and help E&P companies to prioritize areas for submission of Expression of Interests (EOI) followed by bidding in OALP rounds and ultimately attract investments in E&P sectors. The 2D seismic data of 46960 LKM was acquired in three field seasons targeting mainly the lower category basins and also relatively unexplored As per India Hydrocarbon Vision 2025, 100% Indian sedimentary area is to be appraised. To thrust the domestic hydrocarbon exploration and production and recognizing the pivotal role of exploration data in boosting E&P activities, Government of India launched the National Seismic Program (NSP) on 12th October, 2016 for appraisal of all unappraised onland areas of sedimentary basins