GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 3641
ANSWERED ON:26.04.2012
ASSESSMENT OF GAS IN KG D6
DINESH CHANDRA YADAV
(a)whether various assessments have been given regarding estimates of gas reserves in the Krishna Godavari (KG) D6 Basin;
(b) if so, the details thereof and the names of the agencies which have assessed the same;
(c)the details of official estimates regarding the gas reserves in the said basin; and (d)the reasons for difference in the estimates as assessed by various agencies?
Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state:-
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS
(SHRI R.P.N. SINGH)
(a) to (c):Under the Production Sharing Contract (PSC) regime, the Management Committees (MCs) have so far approved total 13.736 Trillion Cubic Feet (TCF) of recoverable gas reserves for 12 gas discoveries made in Krishna- Godavari Basin in two blocks ( KG-DWN-98/3 and KGOSN-2001/3) and 1 field ( Ravva), based on the review Declaration of Commerciality (DoC) and approval of Field Development Plan (FDP) by the MCs. The difference in reserves estimates by the Contractor happened in case of D1 & D3 gas discoveries in KG-DWN-98/3 ( KG-D6) block as under: The Contractor of KG-DWN-98/3 (KG-D6) block had submitted Initial Development Plan (IDP) for D1 & D3 gas discoveries in the block in May, 2004, The Management Committee (MC) comprising of representatives of the Contractor(s) and Government approved the IDP in November, 2004, with estimated recoverable gas reserves of 3.81 Trillion Cubic Feet (TCF). Subsequently, the Addendum To Initial Development Plan (AIDP) was submitted by the Contractor for D1 & D3 discoveries in October, 2006 . The AIDP was submitted by the Contractor with revised recoverable gas reserves based on results of additional inputs from 9 more discoveries, additional 3D seismic data of 7600 Sq. Km, reserves assessment by international agency GCA, extensive coring in two wells & other G&G studies. The MC approved the AIDP in December, 2006 with estimated recoverable reserves of 10.03 TCF.