Oil India strikes natural gas in third Andaman offshore well

NEW DELHI: State-run Oil India Limited (OIL) Friday said it has reported the beingness of natural gas successful its 3rd exploratory good successful the Andaman shallow offshore block, further indicating hydrocarbon imaginable successful the region.In a regulatory filing to banal exchanges, the institution said earthy state was encountered successful the exploratory good Vijayapuram-3, drilled 15 km disconnected the eastbound seashore of the Andaman Islands astatine a h2o extent of 355 metres successful an offshore artifact nether the Open Acreage Licensing Policy (OALP).“Initial accumulation investigating of the good astatine the extent of 1900 positive metres successful the Eocene enactment has established the beingness of earthy state done continuous flaring. Post perforation, contiguous unit physique up was observed and good started to produce,” it said. It added that state sampling is being undertaken to measure its creation and calorific worth and to transportation retired isotope studies to recognize its genesis.With this, OIL has established the beingness of hydrocarbons successful 2 of the 3 wells successful the Andaman offshore block. The archetypal denotation of earthy state was reported from its 2nd exploratory well, Vijayapuram-2, successful Sept 2025.