India's Hydrocarbon Outlook – 2022-2023

94 DGH: 3 DECADES OF UNLOCKING INDIA'S HYDROCARBON POTENTIAL The play-level undiscovered (risked) hydrocarbon inplace for Bhima area is given below: The basin is spread into the state(s) of Chhattisgarh, Odisha. 1 MMTOE Proterozoic: Status, available datasets and opportunities Under National Seismic Programme, conducted during 2016-22 in unappraised onland areas, 107 LKM 2D seismic data were planned in the basin, but the same could not be acquired due to operational constraints. Conclusions Insightful knowledge of hydrocarbon prospectivity of any sedimentary basin is imperative for a meaningful attempt in holistic exploration of hydrocarbons. The above narrative on the profiles of India's sedimentary basins is intended to give a snapshot view with a subsurface perspective, providing a summative reference to brief exploration history, past major studies, status of available datasets, and most importantly, Government of India's persistent efforts of data acquisition and data enrichment 0 10 20 30 40 5 KM BASTAR BASIN CHHATTISGARH ODISHA LEGEND BASTAR BASIN SEDIMENTARY BASIN DGH Internal in order to open up upstream opportunities, so that bidders and stakeholders can increasingly participate. In the given view, potential of conventional resources across 26 sedimentary basins has been discussed and this is primarily based on the available studies on conventional resources. These studies are fairly documented in various reports, that are published, accessible or even unpublished internal workings. On the contrary, the potential of unconventional resources, particularly coal bed methane has been outlined giving a limited facts of the matter. Coal bed methane resources, in India are producing, nevertheless, the potential is still largely tentative and range-bound. For a comprehensive assessment, a country-level integrated study of CBM resources, as a research project has been undertaken by IIT-ISM in 2022. In terms of available opportunities in the basins, overview of two OALP Rounds (VIII & IX) and one Special CBM Round (2022) is highlighted and these can be referred to the relevant sections of the report, including DGH website for more details.