Abstract

In the scenario where Natural Gas is increasingly gaining credence all over the world as a clean eco-friendly fuel for various energy needs, it becomes imperative on the part of explorationists not to ignore the possibility of exploitation of gas from settings other than conventional, however small the potential may be. It is here that Krishna Godavari basin has been indicating, in the form of gas seepages and gas activity at very shallow depths (in boreholes) at various locations over the years, a possibility of commercial gas in unconventional settings. Looking at the successful exploitation of shallow gas elsewhere in the world, a need was felt to make an attempt to study the phenomena of gas seepage/activity at shallow depths in the KG Basin. ONGC is currently concentrating its efforts on shallow gas exploration ranging from 200- 600m, whereas the present study deals with very shallow occurrence of gas ranging from 10-200m.