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This is the fourth block that Hardy holds in partnership with
Reliance and the Company’s first onshore asset in India. The
block provides further long-term potential to create significant
shareholder value.
Block AS-ONN-2000/1 is located
in the north eastern state of Assam, India, north of Brahmaputra
River in Assam shelf. The block AS-ONN-2000/1 measuring an area
of 5754 km2 falls in
the districts of Darrang and Sonitpur .
Assam foreland constitute the shelf part of Assam – Arakan intermontane
basin . It forms a northeast – southwest trending, largely alluvium
covered – narrow, linear tract encompassing an area of 40,000
sq. km. It is bounded in the north by river Brahmaputra, in
the southeast by the tertiary accretionary prism – Naga Schuppen
belt, in the west by Mikir Shillong Massif and in the South
by Dauk fault. The exploration block lies in the northern part
of Brahmaputra River while in the southern part of Brahmaputra
River most of the oilfields of ONGC are situated over a prospective
area of 4,000 km2.
Exploration activities since 1956 have resulted in establishing
seven major fields. Most of these fields have reached mature
stage of exploration for Mio-Pliocene reservoirs and are in
the advanced phase of delineation and development.
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Participating Interests
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AREA |
HEPI |
RELIANCE |
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AS-ONN-200/1 |
10 |
90 |
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