ONGC finds gas off Andhra Pradesh

June 28, 2005
State-owned Oil & Natural Gas Corp. of India made a natural gas discovery off Andhra Pradesh in shallow waters of the Krishna-Godavari basin.

Shirish Nadkarni
OGJ Correspondent

MUMBAI, June 28 -- State-owned Oil & Natural Gas Corp. of India made a natural gas discovery off Andhra Pradesh in shallow waters of the Krishna-Godavari basin.

ONGC drilled Well No. GS-159 on the GS-15 prospect southwest of Ravva oil and gas field, which it discovered in 1987.

The well, drilled to 2,000 m, indicated 45 m of hydrocarbon pay between 1,684 m and 1,760 m.