S1 VASISHTA DEVELOPMENT PROJECT

Feb. 11, 2019

Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated ONGC’s deep water S1 Vasishta Development Project to the nation at Guntur in Andhra Pradesh.

About: 

  • S1-Vasishta Development Project is the first of the tough deep-sea forays of ONGC, in the promising eastern offshore. 

  • Project Type: Gas field development. 

  • Location: S1 and Vashista fields are free gas fields located 30-35 km off Amalapuram, Andhra Pradesh in Krishna-Godavari (KG) Offshore Basin in water depths ranging from 300-700 meters. 

  • Operator: Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC). 

  • Project detail: 
    • The fields have in-place reserves of estimated 19.692 BCM of gas to be realized through 4 wells, connected through dual 14” pipelines tied back to onshore terminal at Odalarevu in coastal Andhra Pradesh. 

    • Presently about 4 million cubic meters of gas per day is produced from S1 Vasishta fields which could be further raised up. 



Source : PIB

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