ONCG to drill more wells in Cambay to explore shale gas.

Following the successful drilling of the country's first shale gas exploratory well near Jambusar, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has decided to drill more wells in Cambay region of Gujarat, a top company official said.

'ONGC had drilled the first well in Jambusar recently to exploit the natural gas trapped within the shale formations located in Cambay basin, which is estimated to have a shale gas potential of 20 TCF (trillion cubic feet),' G C Katiyar, who took over as the Basin Manager of Western Onshore Basin of ONGC (headquartered in Vadodara), told PTI.


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