Natural Gas Discovery in Andaman Sea September 26, 2025

New Delhi: Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri on Thursday evening announced a significant natural gas discovery in the Andaman Sea, describing it as the opening of “an ocean of energy opportunities” for India.

The discovery was made at Sri Vijayapuram-2 well , located about 9.2 nautical miles (17 km) from the shoreline on the east coast of the Andaman Islands , in water depths of 295 meters . The target drilling depth was 2,650 meters.

Discovery Details

According to Puri, initial production testing conducted at depths of 2,212–2,250 meters confirmed the presence of natural gas , with intermittent flaring observed during the process. Gas samples transported by ship to Kakinada were tested and

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