Authors' Abstract .

NATURAL GAS IN SAGAR

 

 

 

 . The discovery of the natural petroleum gas has been reported from the tubewells  in the Garhakota and Rahatgarh tahsil of Sagar District in M.P.

            In the month of March 2007 a Natural Petroleum gas has been discovered in Piparia-Bhutoli  villages are near Chinnoaa in Garhakota Tahsil  in Sagar District,  and  Batiyagarh village in Damoh District in the agricultural fields of Sri Bhagwan Singh Yadav and Sri AshaRam Patel,Sri Uday Ram Yadav, Sri Sarju Patel and Sri B.S.Yadav  have digged the bore well  in the aranaceous,  argillaceous and calcareous limestone rocks of the Rewa and Bhander  Group of the Vindhyan Super Group  upto the depth of 260' -- 340'  on the bank of  II order stream on the western flanks  of the  Sonar river, which is located in the southern catchment area of the  Ganga river system. Actually the land owner got the ground water at the depth of 340 ft., but the well was dried up in the month of Jan.2007. One day morning, when the labourers were working in the field and they tried to burn the bidi, they have observed the air/ gas coming out the well has started burning. The owner has come in contact with the author for the further suggestion about the  natural gas, I have visited and analysed the gas , and found that this gas in burning in blue colour flame and reported the matter in the local newspaper Dainik Bhaskar and the ONGC, Petroleum Minister, Govt. of India and. Chief  Minister, Govt of M.P Bhopal.After confirmation of the gas the owner has started using this gas for his domestic purposes, i.e. for cooking the meals and he has tried to filled the LPG gas cylinders with this gas. using the locally available nosal, plastic tube and volve etc..

           In the same time another agriculture landowner Sri. AshaRam Patel   who has digged the bore well 15 years ago a 240 feet deep bore well. Located 500 m away from Mr. Yadav well is also drilled up, there was no water for the irrigation and the well was completly dry.

            Mr.Patel has also observed the air/ gas coming out the well has started burning petroleum gas and he has observed that the flame was about 3-5 m high flame high from the ground,. The site was studied by me in great detail and reported the new to the news paper and the District administration C.M. Govt of M.P,The Governor of M.P.,The President of Inida, Tghe prime Minister of India, Petoleum Minister, ONGC, G.S.I  Kolkatta, KDMIPE Dehradun and NGRI, Hyderabad..The owner has heared the whistle/ sound of the gas which  is coming out of the bore well through small pipe at the distance of about 200 m distance.

 



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