Transcripción del resumen del autor. At the end of 2008, India's proven reserves of oil and natural gas were 5.8bn barrels and 38.5tn cf respectively. These estimates are based on limited drilling experience. The total proportion of India's sedimentary basin area explored to date is only 21%, with drill density in places as low as one well per 1,000 sq km. Given India's growing need to import oil and gas, the urgency of a thorough evaluation of India's petroleum deposits is clear, writes James Camilleri.

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