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As the Indian economy grows, country’s need for energy takes centre stage. In recent years, shale gas has been increasingly discussed as an important source of energy for the country. Rapid growth of shale gas exploration and production in US has been widely talked about in India and an important...
Matthew Scotland, Energy Reports Writer, Visiongain provides an overview of The Shale Gas Market 2011-2021 The amalgamation of hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling technologies in the 1980s enabled the US to become the pioneers of commercial shale gas production. Although the first shale gas...
We at Natural Gas for Europe are pleased to announce the launch of Natural Gas for Asia Natural Gas for Asia is focused on providing updated news and resources on the development, expanding production, trade and utilization of natural gas in the Asia Pacific region. Expanding natural gas use in Asia...
India's biggest energy explorer Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has discovered the country's first shale gas reserve at Durgapur in Burdwan district of West Bengal. at a site spread over an area of 1250-1300 sq km.The ONGC, which began its exploration of the Damodar basin last September in India's...
India plans to auction the first of its shale gas blocks by the end of the current year as it seeks to tap unconventional fuel to reduce the country's energy shortfall, accorrding to media reports quoting SK Srivastava, director general of hydrocarbons."Resource assessment, policy framework and legislative...
Schlumberger has pegged the reserves of gas in shale deposits across India at 300 times higher than Reliance’s Krishna Godavari (D6) basin, by far the largest gas field in the country.According to sources, Schlumberger, which is carrying out a comprehensive shale gas pilot project for state-owned Oil...
State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) kicked off shale gas exploration in India with spudding the country's first shale gas well.The RNSG-1 will is located in Sarpi village,about 12 km from Durgapur, in the State of West Bengal.The well, according to ONGC, is expected to touch the underground within...