AGARTALA (Commodity Online) : India’s energy giant ONGC on Tuesday announced the discovery of a huge gas deposit in the north-eastern state of Tripura.
In a statement, the company said the new gas pool was discovered at Sundalbari structure in southern Tripura.
"On initial testing, the low resistivity sand perforated in the interval of 2164-68 metre produced gas at the rate of 160,000 million cubic metre per day." It said.
Sundalbari structure in southern Tripura is one of the 19 structures mapped by the company for exploration.
"This discovery of new hydrocarbon would help in meeting additional gas requirements for the commissioning of the 740 MW capacity mega power project in south Tripura's Palatana”.
ONGC's biggest commercial thermal power project is to be commissioned in south Tripura's Palatana, about 60 km south of here, and the first unit is expected to be operational by 2012.
Since 1972, ONGC has drilled 142 wells in Tripura, of these 73 are yielding gas. The oil and gas exploration company has so far invested Rs. 31 billion in the state.
