Huge gas reserves found in Rajasthan

High quality reserves of natural gas Shahgarh has been discovered in the sub-basin of Jaisalmer district in Rajasthan, it was announced Wednesday. Gas was discovered in Focus Energy’s exploration block, around 25 km from the Pakistan border, in the same stratigraphic area as the one producing multi-trillion cubic feet fields of Sawan and Miano.

Focus Energy, formerly known as Phoenix Overseas, struck gas in its onshore blocks RJ-ON/6 in well SGL-l, the company announced Wednesday. The company has informed the Directorate General of Hydrocarbon (DGH) of its “significant gas discovery” and is still to get an expert certification of the size of the discovery. Official sources, however, estimated that the gas find is large and around six trillion cubic feet.

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