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    The document classifies India's twenty-six sedimentary basins into four categories based on their hydrocarbon occurrence and production status. Category I basins have proven hydrocarbon reserves and are commercially producing oil and gas. Category II basins have known hydrocarbon occurrence but lack commercial production. Category III basins have not found significant hydrocarbon shows but are prospective based on geological analysis. Category IV basins have incomplete geological analysis but some comparable international basins have proven prospective. The categorization indicates the level of exploration activity and geological documentation in each basin.

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    The document classifies India's twenty-six sedimentary basins into four categories based on their hydrocarbon occurrence and production status. Category I basins have proven hydrocarbon reserves and are commercially producing oil and gas. Category II basins have known hydrocarbon occurrence but lack commercial production. Category III basins have not found significant hydrocarbon shows but are prospective based on geological analysis. Category IV basins have incomplete geological analysis but some comparable international basins have proven prospective. The categorization indicates the level of exploration activity and geological documentation in each basin.

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    Chandigarh Department of Petroleum Engineering: University

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    The document classifies India's twenty-six sedimentary basins into four categories based on their hydrocarbon occurrence and production status. Category I basins have proven hydrocarbon reserves and are commercially producing oil and gas. Category II basins have known hydrocarbon occurrence but lack commercial production. Category III basins have not found significant hydrocarbon shows but are prospective based on geological analysis. Category IV basins have incomplete geological analysis but some comparable international basins have proven prospective. The categorization indicates the level of exploration activity and geological documentation in each basin.

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    Rakesh K.

    Pandey
    Assistant Professor

    Department of Petroleum Engineering


    CHANDIGARH UNIVERSITY
    Petroliferous Basins of India

    July 31, 2017 R. Pandey 2


    Petroliferous Basins of India
    Twenty six sedimentary basins of Indian subcontinent have been classified into four
    categories based on the following criteria:

    Category-I: Sedimentary basins with proved hydrocarbon occurrence which are


    commercially producing oil/gas

    Category-II: Sedimentary basins with known occurrence of hydrocarbon but lacking


    commercial production as yet

    Category-III: Sedimentary basins where significant shows of hydrocarbon have not yet been
    found, but on general geological grounds these appear fairly prospective

    Category-IV: Sedimentary basins ranging in age from Proterozoic to Cenozoic; The geological
    analysis of these basins is incomplete and some corresponding basins in other part of the
    world have been found to be prospective

    This categorization of basins also roughly indicates the magnitude of oil or hydrocarbon
    exploration activity in different basins and their stratigraphic documentation stage

    July 31, 2017 R. Pandey 3


    Table: Indian petroliferous basins (after Pandey & Dave, 1998)

    Category-I Category-II Category-III Category-IV

    Assam Andaman-Nicobar Kutch Arunachal foot-hills

    Bombay Bengal Saurashtra Deccan synclise

    Cambay Himalayan foot-hills Kerala-Konkan Ganga valley

    Cauvery Jaisalmer Karewa

    Krishna-Godavari Mahanadi Mizoram-Manipur

    Tripura-Cachar Gondwana Narmada

    Vindhyan

    Bikaner-Nagaur

    July 31, 2017 R. Pandey 4


    July 31, 2017 R. Pandey 5
    ➢ 26 Sedimentary Basins covers an area of ~3.14
    MSq.km
    ➢ Prognosticated Reserves: 30 BT of O & OEG
    ➢ Discovered so far: 6 BT of O & OE
    ➢ Explored area: 18%
    ➢ Yet to be explored: 82%
    ➢ So far 70 Petroleum Systems have been identified in
    India
    ➢ 35 are in the known category
    ➢ 35 are hypothetical & speculative (deep water
    sectors, & fold belt and foreland basins)
    July 31, 2017 R. Pandey 6

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