Potential for Gas Hydrates in Bay of Bengal The Minister of State (I/C) for Petroleum & Natural Gas Shri Dharmendra Pradhan informed the Rajya Sabha in a written reply today that the National Gas Hydrate Programme (NGHP) Expedition - 01 has established the presence of gas hydrate on the east coast deep water basins of Krishna Godavari, Mahanadi and Andaman in the Bay of Bengal. Presently, there is no assessment of gas hydrate potential in Bay of Bengal. However, Hydrate Energy International has estimated resource potential of gas hydrate in India at 933 tcf. The NGHP Expedition -02 carried out drilling and coring operations recently. The preliminary results of the NGHP Expedition - 02 in the Krishna Godavari Basin are encouraging. MJPS/Rk
