Question

Places in India where you will find natural gas _____. (Multiple options are correct)
A. Andhra Pradesh
B. Gujarat
C. Orissa
D. Ambala

Answer 1

Hint: Natural gas has been extracted from the Krishna Godavari River Basin since 2003. One the first natural gas fields were discovered in the Cambay Basin. Another important block for the extraction of natural gas is near the Paradip Port on the east coast.

Complete Answer:
The natural gas industry in India began when the first natural gas fields were discovered in the 1960s in the states of Assam and Gujarat. Assam was also the place where the first oil deposits in the country were found.

A. Andhra Pradesh – The Krishna Godavari river basin is a 50,000 square kilometer area in Andhra Pradesh. This site is famous for an area called the D-6 block. At this block, the Reliance Industries have discovered the biggest natural gas reserve in India. It was discovered in 2003.

B. Gujarat – Gujarat was one of the first places in India where natural gas reserves were found. Today Gujarat houses around 4% of the total natural gas reserves in the country. This natural gas helps in fueling the thermal power plants in the state. The major gas fields in Gujarat were located in the Cambay Basin.

C. Orissa – The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation have discovered a block in Orissa, in the basin of river Mahanadi, which houses 3-4 Trillion cubic feet of natural gas. This block has been discovered 60 kilometers away from the Paradip Port.

D. Ambala – Ambala is a city in Haryana. It does not have any known reserves of natural gas or oil.

Thus, the correct answers are Options (A) Andhra Pradesh, Option (B) Gujarat and Option (C) Orissa.

Note: In the last few years India has been producing around 31.73 billion cubic meters of natural gas, which accounts for less than 1% of the total natural gas produced worldwide. Since, India does not produce a significant amount of natural gas, it is the second largest importer of natural gas and oils after China.