Vindhyan Basin

Why in news?

• Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) is on its way to commercialize India’s ninth Hydrocarbon Producing Basin – the Vindhyan Basin (eighth by ONGC)
• ONGC is India's largest oil and gas producer contributing 72 per cent of the country's hydrocarbon production.

Other hydrocarbon basins are:

• Krishna Godavari Basin
• Mumbai Offshore
• Assam Shelf
• Rajasthan
• Cauvery
• Assam-Arakan Fold Belt
• Cambay
• Bengal Basin

Add ons:

• According to Directorate General of Hydrocarbons, there are 26 sedimentary basins in India.
• Of these, 16 are onland basins, 7 located both onland and offshore and 3 completely offshore.

PRACTICE QUESTION:

Which of the following are hydrocarbon producing basins of India?

1. Cambay basin

2. Krishna Godavari Basin

3. Mumbai Offshore

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

(a) 1 and 2 only

(b) 2 only

(c) 2 and 3 only

(d) 1,2 and 3

Answer