India: Oil India Limited (OIL) petroleum project

Abstract

India's energy sector and petroleum subsector are overviewed. The project comprises: a) application of production improvement schemes such as infill drilling, pressure maintenance, workover of wells including hydraulic fracturing and application of enhanced oil recovery (EOR) techniques in some of the partially depleted oil fields in Assam; b) implementation of a gas reinjection scheme and associated gas supply network in a few oil fields in Assam; c) exploration, primarily in gas prone areas, involving acquisition and interpretation of high resolution seismic data and drilling of exploratory wells; and d) institution building to strengthen the technical capabilities of Oil India Ltd. (OIL). (Economische Voorlichtingsdienst)