Md Aadil Ansari &

Btech PE(2nd year)

 Sedimentary basins are areas in which sedimemt accumulated at a
significantly greater rate than neighbouring areas so accumulating a
great thickness.
 The nature of the sediment that accumulate in a sedimentary basin
is related to the environment of the physiographic basin from which
the sediments are derived and in which they are deposited.
Sedimentary basins occurs in diverse geological settings usually
associated with tectonic activity.
 Based on the exploration carried out so far,hydrocarbon
sedimentary basins are classified into four categories:-
 1- Category 1:- Assam self,Bombay offshore,cambay,
krishna godavari & Tripura.
 2- Category 2:- Andaman Nicobar,Bengal,Himalya
foothills & kutch.
 3- Category 3:- Bikaner-Nagpur,Kerala-Lakshdweep &
Saurashtra.
 4- Category 4:- Arunachal, Deccan, Ganga
foothills,Mizoram,Manipur & Narmada
 Krishna
Godavari Basin
KG Basin is the extensive deltaic
plain formed by two Large east
coast rivers Krishna and Godavari
in the state of Andhra Pradesh and
the adjoining areas of Bay of
Bengal.
 The Krishna-Godavary basin is included in the first
category.
 It is a proven petroliferous basin of continental margin
located on the east coast of india.
 Its onland part covers an area of 15000sq. Km and the
offshore part covers an area of 25000sq. Km.
 The basin contains about 5km thick sediments with
saveral cycle of deposition.
 Four distinct depositional system have been recogized in
the KG basin which include:-
1. Godavari delta system.
2. Masulipatnam shelf-slope system.
3. Nizampatinam shelf-slope system.
4. Krishna delta system.
 ONGC has carried out detailed geological mapping in
the area covering 4220 sq.km since 1959.
Gravity-Magnetic surveyin onland part have been
carried out by ONGC over an area of 19200 sq.km.
 The basin has extensive seismic coverage in the onland
and shallow water area.
 D-6 block of KG basin was awarded to Reliance
industries and Niko Resources ltd.
 It is the first company who discovered 14 trillion cubic
feet of gas below the sea floor.
 KG inland and offshore basins have good prospects of
tight oil and tight gas from the conducted field studies.
 More than 350 exploratory wells have been drilled in the
basin ,resulting in numerous oil and gas discoveries.
 Krishna-Godavari basin is a proven petroliferous basin
with hydrocarbon accumulations in the permo-Triassic
Mandapeta sandstone.
 The basin is endowed with four petroelum system which
can be classified into two categories
1. Pre-Trappean
2. Post-Trappean
in veiw of their distinct tectonic and sedimentary
characteristics.
 The KG basin is an established hydrocarbon province
wih a resource base of 1130MMT,of which 555MMT
are assesed for the offshore region.

 Saveral oil and gas fields are located both in the onland
and ofshore parts of the basin.
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