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Oil India discovers natural gas in Andaman shallow offshore block
Millennium Post Delhi
|Delhi 28 September 2025
‘Occurrence of natural gas was reported in 2nd exploratory well Vijayapuram-2z drilled in Offshore Andaman Block AN-OSHP-2018/1’
Oil India Ltd (OIL) has discovered natural gas reserves off the Andaman Islands, the state-owned firm said without putting an estimate of the size of the find.
In a statement, OIL said “occurrence of natural gas” was reported in the second exploratory well Vijayapuram-2 drilled in the Offshore Andaman Block AN-OSHP-2018/1, which the company had won under the Open Acreage Licensing Policy (OALP).
“The preliminary analysis of gas samples, collected during intermittent inflow of gas as part of initial production testing, has confirmed the presence of natural gas. Further gas isotope studies are being undertaken so as to understand the genesis of the gas,” the statement said.
This story is from the Delhi 28 September 2025 edition of Millennium Post Delhi.
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