MINERAL AND ENERGY RESOURCES IN INDIA
INDIAN MINERALS AND INDUSTRIES
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Sagar Kanya
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Sagar Mata
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Sagar Samrat
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Sagar Samrat is an oil drilling platform in Mumbai high, which is 176 kilometres away from the coastline of Mumbai. It works under the supervision of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC). It was the first offshore oil rig in India which drilled the first well in 1974.
Detailed explanation-2: -Sagar Samrat Rig built in 1973 was instrumental in 14 key offshore oil & gas discoveries & drilled around 125 wells.”
Detailed explanation-3: -1970: India’s first offshore well spudded in the Gulf of Cambay. 1974: Drillship Sagar Samrat strikes oil in Bombay High.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Mumbai High Field, formerly called the Bombay High Field, is an offshore oilfield 176 km (109 mi) off the west coast of Mumbai, in Gulf of Cambay region of India, in about 75 m (246 ft) of water. The oil operations are run by India’s Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC).
Detailed explanation-5: -The first “offshore” well, defined as, “out of sight of land, ‘’ was started on 9 September, 1947 by a tender assist drilling (TAD) unit owned by Kerr-McGee in 15 ft of water in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM).