Abstract
Encouraging results of shale gas production in different countries viz. USA, China and Australia, India is also inspired to explore shale gas resources, which may not only support meeting the growing energy demand but also assist to reduce the import of hydrocarbons. This paper aims to review the current status of shale gas exploration programs in various sedimentary basins in India for a better understanding of the prospect of shale gas. The signicant thickness of organic-rich shale deposits is reported in various Gondwana and Tertiary sedimentary basins including Damodar valley, Krishna-Godavari, Cauvery, Cambay, Assam-Arakan, Ganga and Vindhayan basins. The geochemical properties like TOC and thermal maturity, Organo-inorganic mineral compositions, pore-network system, and depth of shale deposits are favoring the potential prospect of shale gas in India. Several agencies namely EIA, ONGC, USGS, Schlumberger, and CMPDI reported enormous resources of shale gas in its various sedimentary basins.
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