India’s 8th Hydrocarbon Producing Basin – UPSC Prelims

By IAS4Sure / February 4, 2022

ONGC Limited has begun crude oil production from Bengal Basin making Bengal basin India’s eighth producing basin.
Other basins are:
1. Godavari (KG),
2. Mumbai Offshore,
3. Assam Shelf,
4. Rajasthan,
5. Cauvery,
6. Assam-Arakan Fold Belt and
7. Cambay.
According to Directorate General of Hydrocarbons, there are 26 sedimentary basins in India. Of these, 16 are onland basins, 7 located both onland and offshore and 3 completely offshore.