The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has put on hold a seismic survey, scheduled to be carried out between the first week of March and July 2024, in the Krishna-Godavari-DWN-98/2 block (Cluster-II), 65 km off Kakinada coast in the Eatern Offshore.
Spread over 7,294 square km, the block in the Krishna Godavari basin is located roughly 35 km off the Kakinada coast, where the maximum depth of water is 3,200 metres. The 98/2 block in Cluster-2A contains reserves of 94.26 million metric tonnes (MMT) of crude oil and 21.75 billion cubic meters (BCM) of associated gas. The Cluster-2 B has an estimated gas reserve of 51.98 BCM.
In a meeting held here on March 11 (Monday) with the ONGC, Kakinada Deep Seaport and Anchorage Port authorities and the people’s representatives, Kakinada Collector Krithika Shukla said that the ONGC had not carried out the seismic survey as of now and there would be no restrictions on the fishing activity along the Kakinada coast.
