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Survey of Energy Resources 2007

Natural Gas Country Notes

India

Proved recoverable reserves (bcm)	1 101
Production (net bcm, 2005)	30.4
R/P ratio (years)	34.3
Year of first commercial production	1961

A sizeable natural gas industry has been developed on the basis of the offshore Mumbai gas and oil/gas fields. Proved reserves at 1 April, 2005 have been reported by the Indian WEC Member Committee as 1 101 bcm, an increase of 46.6% on the level advised for the 2004 Survey. The revised figure appears to be consistent with the series of 'proved and indicated balance recoverable reserves' published by the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, which shows 1 075 bcm for such reserves at 1 April 2006.

Strong growth in India's offshore reserves raised them from 584 bcm (63% of total reserves) at 1 April 2004 to 761 bcm (69%) at 1 April 2005.

The Indian WEC Member Committee also reports that the proved amount of gas in place (of which the proved reserves constitute the recoverable portion) is
1 595 bcm.

Marketed production is principally used as feedstock for fertiliser and petrochemical manufacture, for electricity generation and as industrial fuel. The recorded use in the residential and agricultural sectors is very small.