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Oil India Limited begins deep offshore drilling in Kerala-Konkan basin
Oil India Limited (OIL) launched a landmark offshore drilling campaign in the Kerala-Konkan basin by spudding its first deepwater well, Union petroleum and natural gas minister Hardeep Puri announced on Saturday.
The frontier Category-III basin is considered to hold significant potential, and the planned 6,000-metre-deep well—located 20 nautical miles offshore—will be among the deepest offshore wells drilled in Indian waters. Highlighting the groundwork already completed, Puri said on X that over 1,028 sq km of 3D seismic data had been acquired, and the campaign would “probe key Cretaceous plays and strengthen India’s pursuit of new energy frontiers.”
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