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66 INDIA'S HYDROCARBON OUTLOOK 2024-2025

Karewa is an intermontane basin, located in
Kashmir valley of northwestern Himalayas. It is
an oval-shaped basin between Pir-Panjal Range
in the southwest and Zanskar Range to its
northeast.

The elements of petroleum system in the basin
are largely speculative.

The identified three plays viz. Paleozoic Play,
Triassic Limestone Play and Plio-Pleistocene
Play has six assessment units each.
• Hydrocarbon prospectivity and Basin
maturity:
In the basin, 3 plays are present within Paleozoic,
Mesozoic and Plio-Pleistocene. Aerial Yield
approach is used on analogy of Kohat Potwar
Basin (Pakistan). 14,000m sedimentary thickness
has been envisaged in the basin.

Karewa basin has a total hydrocarbon in-place
of 6 MMTOE and this is entirely undiscovered
risked in-place.

• Basin datasets and studies:
As of 31.03.2025, NDR has archived primary
datasets of 2 conventional wells (all exploratory). Source: DGH Internal

Basin appraisal and regime-wise active acreage:

Location Basin area (skm) Appraised (skm) Active acreage [Nos./Area (skm)]

Onland 6,671 2,402 (36%) No active acreage
The basin occupies an area of 6,671 sq km. It has been appraised to the extent of 2,402 sq km (36 %).

Bidding opportunities:

Onland: 1 OALP (Round X) block with 284 sq km area

2.3.17 BHIMA-KALADGI BASIN
Bhima-Kaladgi is a Category III basin with entirely undiscovered in-place, that calls for intense
exploration for a potential discovery.
Bhima area geographically overlaps with the state(s) of Karnataka, Telangana. Kaladgi area
geographically overlaps with the state(s) of Karnataka, Maharashtra.