{"id":1062,"date":"2023-06-20T12:15:48","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T06:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=1062"},"modified":"2024-04-03T07:09:55","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T01:39:55","slug":"q-in-which-of-the-following-regions-of-india-are-shale-gas-resources-found","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-in-which-of-the-following-regions-of-india-are-shale-gas-resources-found","title":{"rendered":"Q. In which of the following regions of India are shale gas resources found?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\">\n<li>Cambay Basin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cauvery Basin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Krishna-Godavari Basin<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Select the correct answer using the code given below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"mcq wp-block-list\">\n<li>1 and 2 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 and 3 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1, 2 and 3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Answer: (d) 1, 2 and 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Notes:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoPNG) has identified\u00a0<strong>six basins<\/strong>\u00a0as potentially shale gas bearing. These are:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Cambay, Assam-Arakan, Gondwana,&nbsp;Krishna-Godavari, Kaveri, and the Indo-Gangetic plain.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Shales&nbsp;are fine-grained sedimentary rocks that can be rich resources of petroleum and natural&nbsp;gas.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Shale rocks are usually found adjacent to rocks containing useable\/ drinking water known as \u2018<strong>aquifers<\/strong>\u2019.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Shale Gas&nbsp;is trapped under low permeable rocks.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Shale-Gas.jpeg\" alt=\"Shale Gas\" class=\"wp-image-40774\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Shale oil<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Shale oil is an unconventional oil produced from oil shale rock fragments by pyrolysis, hydrogenation, or thermal dissolution.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>These processes convert the organic matter within the rock (kerogen) into synthetic oil and gas.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The refined products can be used for the same purposes as those derived from crude oil.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Shale production in the world<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Russia and the US are among the largest shale oil producers in the world.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>With a surge in shale oil production in the US, it has played a key role in turning the country from an importer of crude to a net exporter in 2019.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>As per the US EIA 2015 report, India has got technically recoverable shale gas of 96 trillion cubic feet.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The recoverable reserves are identified in&nbsp;<strong>Cambay, Krishna \u2013 Godavari, Cauvery, Damodar Valley, Upper Assam, Pranahita \u2013 Godavari, Rajasthan and Vindhya Basins.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The&nbsp;<strong>ONGC has drilled the first exploratory shale gas well in Jambusar near Vadodara, Gujarat, in Cambay basin during October 2013<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_c1f97e-3e .kt-block-spacer{height:40px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_c1f97e-3e .kt-divider{border-top-width:2px;border-top-color:#eee;width:100%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-_c1f97e-3e\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\"\/><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Select the correct answer using the code given below. 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