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38 INDIA'S HYDROCARBON OUTLOOK 2024-2025

Barmer sub-basin has a total hydrocarbon in- 3D seismic and 1,533 conventional wells (313
place of 1,680 MMTOE. This includes discovered exploratory). Multiple flavours of reprocessed
in-place of 828 MMTOE and undiscovered risked seismic datasets are also archived whenever the
in-place of 852 MMTOE. The discovered in-place same are provided by E&P Operators.
is under commercial production. The sub-
basin has 50.7% of total in-place, potential to be The basin has 17 coal-seam gas wells (all
explored and discovered. exploratory).

Jaisalmer sub-basin has a total hydrocarbon in-
place of 307 MMTOE. This includes discovered
in-place of 94 MMTOE and undiscovered risked
in-place of 213 MMTOE. The discovered in-place
is under commercial production. The sub-
basin has 69.4% of total in-place, potential to be
explored and discovered.
Bikaner-Nagaur sub-basin has a total
hydrocarbon in-place of 190 MMTOE. This
includes discovered in-place of 15 MMTOE and
undiscovered risked in-place of 175 MMTOE.
The discovered in-place is under commercial
production. The sub-basin has 92.1% of total in-
place, potential to be explored and discovered.

• Overview of producing fields:
Commercial production in onland area
commenced in 1996. Major producing fields
with cumulative production in parenthesis
are namely RJ-ON-90/1 (102 MMT, 16 BCM),
Dandewala (4.6 BCM), RJ-ON/6 (3.2 BCM). The
area has 6 fields with 770 producing wells. The
maximum flow rates achieved by any field on
record are Oil 70,666 BOPD and Gas 4 MMSCMD.
• Basin datasets and studies:

As of 31.03.2025, NDR has archived primary
datasets of 42,156 LKM 2D seismic, 17,774 SKM Source: DGH Internal

Basin appraisal and regime-wise active acreage:

Location Basin area (skm) Appraised (skm) Active acreage [Nos./Area(skm)]
Onland 126,000 86,940 (69%) Nomination: 6/1,287 Fields: 2/3,294
NELP: 2/2,538 OALP: 12/13,835 DSF: 3/167
The basin occupies an area of 126,000 sq km. It has been appraised to the extent of 86,940 sq km
(69%). The active acreage nos. across regime(s) are 25 with area 21,121 sq. km (17% of basin area)
Bidding opportunities:

Onland: 1 OALP (Round X) block with 5,953 sq km area