Hyderabad: State-owned ONGC has approached the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) seeking clearance for drilling 45 Development Wells and other related infrastructure involving a cost of over Rs 53,000 crore in Krishna-Godavari basin.<\/p>\n
An expert appraisal committee (EAC) under the MoEF, however, sought more information in this regard.<\/p>\n
The block KG-DWN-98\/2 or KG-D5 is divided into two parts — Northern Development Area (NDA) which is deep waters with a depth of up to 1,800 metres, and Southern Development Area (SDA) which has ultra-deep waters with depth ranging up to 3,100 metres.<\/p>\n
The present proposal is submitted for development in the Northern Development area.<\/p>\n
“The following facilities have been proposed to be set up as part of development drilling in NDA Offshore NELP-I Block KG-DWN-98\/2 of KG Basin, Andhra Pradesh: Development drilling of 45 offshore wells, Floating Production Storage Offloading (FPSO), Fixed Offshore Platform, Subsea Equipment, Sub-sea pipeline and Onland Terminal,” the EAC said in minutes of the meeting.<\/p>\n
The NELP-I offshore block KG-DWN-98\/2 is located off Godavari delta on the east coast of India.<\/p>\n
A public hearing was also conducted for the on-land terminal in December, 2013, by the Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board and other district officials.<\/p>\n
“The proposal was deferred till the desired information is submitted. The above information shall be provided with the uploading of minutes on the website,” the EAC said.<\/p>\n
It asked for details on forest land involved and a copy of forest clearance, besides evacuation plans involving the cost implication and measures to be undertaken in the event of a tsunami and cyclone.<\/p>\n
ONGC is slated to begin production in 2019, with a peak output of 4.5 million tonnes a year, 20 per cent more than previous estimates.<\/p>\n
The Krishna Godavari basin block KG-DWN-98\/2, or KG-D5, will see first large oil production from the east coast, which has 10 gas discoveries, ONGC had earlier said.<\/p>\n
KG-D5 sits next to Reliance Industries’ producing KG-DWN-98\/3 or KG-D6 area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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