Kumchai Oil and Gas Block (Arunachal Pradesh, India)

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Kumchai Oil and Gas Block is an operating oil and gas block in Arunachal Pradesh, India.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Block-level project details for Kumchai Oil and Gas Block

¹Final Investment Decision
²If a country or region is known to not produce any hydrocarbons in an unconventional method, this production type is assumed to be conventional

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID1 year	Production start year	Production type2
Kumchai	Operating	Oil India Limited	Oil India Limited (100.0%)	–	–	–	Conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Kumchai Oil and Gas Block

million m³ = million cubic meters
million bbl = million barrels of oil

Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
gas	gas in place	4055	million m³	2019	​
oil	oil in place	94	million bbl	2019	​

Table 3: Production from Kumchai Oil and Gas Block

million m³/y = million cubic meters per year
million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year

Category	Fuel description	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
production	gas	11.57	million m³/y	2017
production	oil	24.68	million bbl/y	2017
production	oil	0.04	million bbl/y	2016
production	gas	11.48	million m³/y	2015

Location

Table 4: Block-level location details for Kumchai Oil and Gas Block

Concession/Block	Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Kumchai Field	Arunachal Pradesh, India	Onshore	27.549, 96.007 (exact)

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