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Bharatbook.com has this special report, which sources information of natural gas has moved to the center of the current debate on energy, security and climate. Natural gas fits in well with the targets to reduce carbon emissions because it causes lower carbon emissions than other fossil fuels.

It can be seen as a bridge between oil and coal, and renewable fuels, and unconventional gas could indeed drive a transformation in the energy sector. Another important energy issue, is security of supply. If shale gas reserves proved to be wide and their extraction cost-effective, shale gas could really turn out to be a game changer. So far India’s relentless efforts during the last 25 years to build pipelines to bring gas from Turkmenistan, Iran, Qatar, Bangladesh and Myanmar have remained pipe dreams. Renewable energy sources like ethanol and bio diesel, wind and solar are high on the national agenda. Thanks to Indo-US nuclear pact, India may succeed in increasing the contribution of nuclear energy. But a recent phenomenon of shale gas — which has brought about seismic changes in the natural gas scene — has not been given the importance it deserves. Energy economists all over the world have started to admire with awe the great achievement of oil companies in the US in developing shale gas resources on a large scale during the last decade. As recently as three years back conventional wisdom was that US will have a huge gas deficit and it has to import increasing quantity of LNG. In less than two years, the US supply has changed from one of deficit to surplus. Many Indian companies like Oil India, RIL, BPCL, HPCL and other are making a bee-line and have either started scouting or have acquired shale gas assets in foreign destinations like U.S and Australia.

The shale gas opportunity seems to have captivated all the leading oil & gas players in India. This frenzy has made India one of key countries chasing shale gas assets all across the globe. However, the question is that have we overlooked the opportunity that exist indigenously as in India, shale deposits are found across the Gangetic plain, Assam, Rajasthan and many coastal areas, but neither the government nor the corporate sector has carried out any exploration or estimation. ONGC is gearing up to drill India’s first shale gas exploration well early next month (September) at its Raniganj North CBM block in West Bengal. When most oil companies in Europe and the US are racing to master the technology of shale gas from those companies who have already succeeded in the US, India has just begun reading the fine prints of shale gas. The sector is abuzz with activities around it with MoPNG making announcement that it would come out with a policy on shale gas exploration and production by as early as 2011, Australian explorer Oilex is planning a pilot well later this year or early 2011 at the Cambay block in Gujarat using advanced US technology for the extraction of shale gas. Gas shales are organic-rich shale formations. In terms of its chemical makeup, shale gas is typically a dry gas primarily composed of methane. Shale gas is natural gas trapped in shale, a sedimentary rock formed by the compaction of clay and other minerals. The gas is found throughout the shale layers, unlike oil or gas that are found trapped in reservoirs from which they can be easily extracted. In the case of shale gas, the rock itself is the reservoir and source of the gas. The technical problem is, therefore, how to drive out the gas from the shale and extract it. Three factors have contributed to its rapid development of US gas shales: advances in horizontal drilling, advances in hydraulic fracturing, and, perhaps most importantly, rapid increases in natural gas prices in the last several

years as a result of significant supply and demand pressures. The primary differences between modern shale gas development and conventional natural gas development are the extensive uses of horizontal drilling and high-volume hydraulic fracturing. While unconventional gas sources like gas shales reserves are plentiful, cost to produce is more than the conventional gas production of yesteryears. In this worldwide drive towards shale gas at a time when the tiger and the dragon wage a war towards security of energy, it is of interest to investigate how in future could shale gas reserves play a role in facilitating Indian energy markets. This document is a comprehensive study documented in well over 350 pages on the shale gas scenario in India. What the possibilities are? Where are they? What is the science and technology behind these developments? It answers all of these. A must reference for:

* Oil & Gas Companies
* EPC
* Consultants
* Government Bodies
* Planning Agencies
* E&P Equipment Providers
* Power Generators
* Fertilizer Companies
* Gas carriers

Table of Contents

1. Preamble
2. Shale - a sedimentary rock and Repository of Organic material
2.1 Geologic Characteristics
2.2 Black Shales
2.3 Depositional Environments of Shales
2.4 Relativity of factors in deposition
2.5 Zones of diagenesis
2.6 Relativity of factors in diagenesis
2.7 Conclusion
3. Shale Gas – Its Generation & Accumulation
3.1 Introduction to gas shales
3.2 Unconventional Gas Reservoirs 3.3 The Resource Triangle
3.4 The Hydrocarbon Source
3.5 Kerogen Maturity
4. Micropore to Well Head
4.1 Gauging shale gas reservoirs
4.2 Shale Gas Exploration & Production
4.3 Building Shale Gas Wells
4.4 Shale Stimulation
5. Geological setup of Indian Sub Continent
5.1 Indian Subcontinent – its evolution
5.2 Major Rock Groups
5.3 Summary of geologic domains and hydrocarbon potential
6. Sedimentary Basins in India – Basin Evolution & Stratigraphy
6.1 Overview of Sedimentary Basins
6.2 Cambay Basin
6.3 Assam Arakan Basin
6.4 Mumbai Offshore Basin
6.5 Krishna-Godavari Basin
6.6 Cauvery Basin
6.7 Rajasthan Basin
6.8 Kutch Basin
6.9 Mahanadi-NEC Basin
6.10 Andaman-Nicobar Basin
6.11 Himalayan Foreland Basin
6.12 Ganga Valley Basin
6.13 Vindhyan Basin
6.14 Saurashtra Basin
6.15 Kerala-Konkan-Lakshadweep Basin
6.16 Bengal Basin
6.17 Karewa Basin
6.18 Spiti Zanskar Basin
6.19 Satpura Basin
6.20 Deccan Syneclise Basin
6.21 Bhima-Kaladgi Basin
6.22 Cuddapah Basin
6.23 Pranhita Godavari Basin
6.24 Chhattisgarh Basin
7. Potential Shale Gas Basins in India
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Cambay Basin
7.3 Assam Arakan Basin
7.4 Vindhyan Basin
7.5 Cauvery Basin
7.6 Gondwana Basins (South Rewa, Chhattisgarh and Pranhita-Godavari Basin)
7.7 Bengal Basin
8. Shale Gas Economic Models
9. Shale Gas Plays in the USA
9.1 Introduction
9.2 The Barnett Shale
9.3 The Fayetteville Shale
9.4 The Haynesville Shale
9.5 The Marcellus Shale
9.6 The Woodford Shale
9.7 The Antrim Shale
9.8 The New Albany Shale
9.9 Eagleford Shale
9.10 The US Shale Gas Growth
10. The Shale Gas Conundrum
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Natural Gas – Energy in the foreseeable future
10.3 Regional gas supply potential
10.4 The big gas importers and their demands
10.5 Growth of Global Gas Supply
10.6 The state of natural gas
10.7 Future of World Gas Markets
10.8 Gas Shales and US gas Markets
10.9 Gas shale potential
10.10 Markets & Geopolitics
11. Natural Gas Scenario in India
11.1 Dynamics of Natural Gas Markets
11.2 Indian Natural Gas Markets
11.3 Modeling Methodology
11.4 Electricity Sector Demand
11.5 Fertilizer Sector Demand
11.6 Industrial Gas Demand
11.7 Implications of total gas demand
11.8 Implications of total gas demand
11.9 Conclusive Findings
12. Initiatives for Shale Gas Exploration by India
12.1 Introduction
12.2 Forays by Private Indian E & P Companies and PSUs
12.3 Forays by Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas (MoPNG), Govt. of India
13. Environmental Impact Assessment and Considerations
14. An overview of E & P Industry in India
14.1 Overview of E&P Companies in India
14.2 PEL & ML Status in India
14.3 Unconventional Gas Development and Flexibility

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Bharatbook.com has this special report, which sources information of natural gas has moved to the center of the current debate on energy, security and climate. Natural gas fits in well with the targets to reduce carbon emissions because it causes lower carbon emissions than other fossil fuels.

It can be seen as a bridge between oil and coal, and renewable fuels, and unconventional gas could indeed drive a transformation in the energy sector. Another important energy issue, is security of supply. If shale gas reserves proved to be wide and their extraction cost-effective, shale gas could really turn out to be a game changer. So far India’s relentless efforts during the last 25 years to build pipelines to bring gas from Turkmenistan, Iran, Qatar, Bangladesh and Myanmar have remained pipe dreams. Renewable energy sources like ethanol and bio diesel, wind and solar are high on the national agenda. Thanks to Indo-US nuclear pact, India may succeed in increasing the contribution of nuclear energy. But a recent phenomenon of shale gas — which has brought about seismic changes in the natural gas scene — has not been given the importance it deserves. Energy economists all over the world have started to admire with awe the great achievement of oil companies in the US in developing shale gas resources on a large scale during the last decade. As recently as three years back conventional wisdom was that US will have a huge gas deficit and it has to import increasing quantity of LNG. In less than two years, the US supply has changed from one of deficit to surplus. Many Indian companies like Oil India, RIL, BPCL, HPCL and other are making a bee-line and have either started scouting or have acquired shale gas assets in foreign destinations like U.S and Australia.

The shale gas opportunity seems to have captivated all the leading oil & gas players in India. This frenzy has made India one of key countries chasing shale gas assets all across the globe. However, the question is that have we overlooked the opportunity that exist indigenously as in India, shale deposits are found across the Gangetic plain, Assam, Rajasthan and many coastal areas, but neither the government nor the corporate sector has carried out any exploration or estimation. ONGC is gearing up to drill India’s first shale gas exploration well early next month (September) at its Raniganj North CBM block in West Bengal. When most oil companies in Europe and the US are racing to master the technology of shale gas from those companies who have already succeeded in the US, India has just begun reading the fine prints of shale gas. The sector is abuzz with activities around it with MoPNG making announcement that it would come out with a policy on shale gas exploration and production by as early as 2011, Australian explorer Oilex is planning a pilot well later this year or early 2011 at the Cambay block in Gujarat using advanced US technology for the extraction of shale gas. Gas shales are organic-rich shale formations. In terms of its chemical makeup, shale gas is typically a dry gas primarily composed of methane. Shale gas is natural gas trapped in shale, a sedimentary rock formed by the compaction of clay and other minerals. The gas is found throughout the shale layers, unlike oil or gas that are found trapped in reservoirs from which they can be easily extracted. In the case of shale gas, the rock itself is the reservoir and source of the gas. The technical problem is, therefore, how to drive out the gas from the shale and extract it. Three factors have contributed to its rapid development of US gas shales: advances in horizontal drilling, advances in hydraulic fracturing, and, perhaps most importantly, rapid increases in natural gas prices in the last several

years as a result of significant supply and demand pressures. The primary differences between modern shale gas development and conventional natural gas development are the extensive uses of horizontal drilling and high-volume hydraulic fracturing. While unconventional gas sources like gas shales reserves are plentiful, cost to produce is more than the conventional gas production of yesteryears. In this worldwide drive towards shale gas at a time when the tiger and the dragon wage a war towards security of energy, it is of interest to investigate how in future could shale gas reserves play a role in facilitating Indian energy markets. This document is a comprehensive study documented in well over 350 pages on the shale gas scenario in India. What the possibilities are? Where are they? What is the science and technology behind these developments? It answers all of these. A must reference for:

* Oil & Gas Companies
* EPC
* Consultants
* Government Bodies
* Planning Agencies
* E&P Equipment Providers
* Power Generators
* Fertilizer Companies
* Gas carriers

Table of Contents :

1. Preamble
2. Shale - a sedimentary rock and Repository of Organic material
2.1 Geologic Characteristics
2.2 Black Shales
2.3 Depositional Environments of Shales
2.4 Relativity of factors in deposition
2.5 Zones of diagenesis
2.6 Relativity of factors in diagenesis
2.7 Conclusion
3. Shale Gas – Its Generation & Accumulation
3.1 Introduction to gas shales
3.2 Unconventional Gas Reservoirs 3.3 The Resource Triangle
3.4 The Hydrocarbon Source
3.5 Kerogen Maturity
4. Micropore to Well Head
4.1 Gauging shale gas reservoirs
4.2 Shale Gas Exploration & Production
4.3 Building Shale Gas Wells
4.4 Shale Stimulation
5. Geological setup of Indian Sub Continent
5.1 Indian Subcontinent – its evolution
5.2 Major Rock Groups
5.3 Summary of geologic domains and hydrocarbon potential
6. Sedimentary Basins in India – Basin Evolution & Stratigraphy
6.1 Overview of Sedimentary Basins
6.2 Cambay Basin
6.3 Assam Arakan Basin
6.4 Mumbai Offshore Basin
6.5 Krishna-Godavari Basin
6.6 Cauvery Basin
6.7 Rajasthan Basin
6.8 Kutch Basin
6.9 Mahanadi-NEC Basin
6.10 Andaman-Nicobar Basin
6.11 Himalayan Foreland Basin
6.12 Ganga Valley Basin
6.13 Vindhyan Basin
6.14 Saurashtra Basin
6.15 Kerala-Konkan-Lakshadweep Basin
6.16 Bengal Basin
6.17 Karewa Basin
6.18 Spiti Zanskar Basin
6.19 Satpura Basin
6.20 Deccan Syneclise Basin
6.21 Bhima-Kaladgi Basin
6.22 Cuddapah Basin
6.23 Pranhita Godavari Basin
6.24 Chhattisgarh Basin
7. Potential Shale Gas Basins in India
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Cambay Basin
7.3 Assam Arakan Basin
7.4 Vindhyan Basin
7.5 Cauvery Basin
7.6 Gondwana Basins (South Rewa, Chhattisgarh and Pranhita-Godavari Basin)
7.7 Bengal Basin
8. Shale Gas Economic Models
9. Shale Gas Plays in the USA
9.1 Introduction
9.2 The Barnett Shale
9.3 The Fayetteville Shale
9.4 The Haynesville Shale
9.5 The Marcellus Shale
9.6 The Woodford Shale
9.7 The Antrim Shale
9.8 The New Albany Shale
9.9 Eagleford Shale
9.10 The US Shale Gas Growth
10. The Shale Gas Conundrum
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Natural Gas – Energy in the foreseeable future
10.3 Regional gas supply potential
10.4 The big gas importers and their demands
10.5 Growth of Global Gas Supply
10.6 The state of natural gas
10.7 Future of World Gas Markets
10.8 Gas Shales and US gas Markets
10.9 Gas shale potential
10.10 Markets & Geopolitics
11. Natural Gas Scenario in India
11.1 Dynamics of Natural Gas Markets
11.2 Indian Natural Gas Markets
11.3 Modeling Methodology
11.4 Electricity Sector Demand
11.5 Fertilizer Sector Demand
11.6 Industrial Gas Demand
11.7 Implications of total gas demand
11.8 Implications of total gas demand
11.9 Conclusive Findings
12. Initiatives for Shale Gas Exploration by India
12.1 Introduction
12.2 Forays by Private Indian E & P Companies and PSUs
12.3 Forays by Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas (MoPNG), Govt. of India
13. Environmental Impact Assessment and Considerations
14. An overview of E & P Industry in India
14.1 Overview of E&P Companies in India
14.2 PEL & ML Status in India
14.3 Unconventional Gas Development and Flexibility

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Bharatbook.com has this special report, which sources information of distribution Franchisee is the latest form of public-private partnership in the distribution sector. The proviso to Section 14 of the Electricity Act 2003 states that:

“…in a case where a distribution licensee proposes to undertake distribution of electricity for a specified area within his area of supply through another person, that person shall not be required to obtain any separate license from the concerned State Commission and such Distribution licensee shall be responsible for distribution of electricity in his area of supply”.

This provision provides a conducive framework in which franchisee can operate in many ways in the distribution business. Electricity distribution franchisee is a classic example of public private participation (PPP) and going by the recent trends its acceptability in the private sector outweighs when compared to the overall privatization of distribution companies. Flexibility provided by the franchisee model is key attraction, for instance, a franchisee arrangement can be limited to catering to small segment of distribution business such as managing a single feeder or distribution transformer, etc or taking care of all the d

Bharatbook.com has this special report, which sources information of india is aggressively focussing on infrastructure to sustain the current growth momentum and further accelerate to achieve the double digit growth.

Besides massive funds allocation by the central government to infrastructure sector; it is felt that central sector alone cannot afford to achieve the growth objectives. According to the CEA estimates power sector being the core of the infrastructure, needs an investment to the tune of Rs 10.32 billion during the XIth plan period. Major chunk of this huge investment would go into power generation and the transmission sector is likely to attract only 13.5% of the total planned investment.

By 2012, it is expected that India would surpass 180GW in generation capacity and the challenge would be to optimally evacuate the power through effective and efficient power transmission network. The problem is compounded as most of the power generation is concentrated in the power surplus regions of east and south east of India and it needs to be transmitted to power deficit regions of north and western part of India. In its effort to build a national grid, PGCIL has synchronised,4 regional grids, namely North-Eastern, Eastern, Western and Northern grid. The only regional grid left is Southern Regional grid which is connected to this synchronous grid through HVDC links but not yet synchronised.

Currently 45% of the generated capacity can be transferred across regions and the target is to achieve 60% inter regional capacity by 2012. PGCIL ,the monopoly central transmission utility has embarked upon to create a national grid for transmission with an investment outlay of Rs 55,000 crores in the XIth plan to increase the inter regional transfer capacity to 37,000MW.It is anticipated that India will have 75,000MW inter regional capacity by the end of XIIth plan. Though PGCIL has been in the forefront to develop the transmission sector in India, it is felt that private participation would boost this sector with much needed investment and capacity building to match up with the huge generation planned. Currently, private sector participation is sought in some project specific bulk transmission lines with joint venture with PGCIL or in competitive bidding basis.

Centre has planned for 14 transmission projects on competitive bidding basis in line with UMPP in generation. Apart from these projects, transmission lines for all the future upcoming UMPP will also be based on competitive bidding basis on BOO route. The government is also exploring to develop transmission sector through PPP model. The planning commission has already drafted a model transmission agreement (MTA) for PPP in intra state transmission and central assistance of upto 20% of the project cost is available under the VGF scheme for financing transmission projects.

The transmission sector is slowly but steadily opening up and experts predict that it will see enormous growth in terms of private participation by 2015. The opportunity is huge for EPC contractors like KEC international, L&T, and Kalpataru Power Transmission who would like to transform themselves from EPC contractor status to independent power transmission companies. Also players like GMR, Tata Power, Reliance, Sterlite, and Adani can leverage from the upcoming transmission opportunity and establish themselves as integrated power majors across all value chain ranging from power generation to power distribution.

“Power Transmission in India: Evaluating the opportunity road map” tries to identify the opportunities ahead for private entrepreneurs and how these opportunities can be tapped in medium to long term scenario. The report would not only evaluate the reform score card of the transmission sector but also showcase the opportunity matrix for all stake holders and analyse the attractiveness of the sector in terms of investment.

Report Highlights
The Report provides critical analysis and information encompassing all aspects of the Power Sector transmission in India, some of the important ones being:

* Key players
* Policy and regulation
* Transmission tariff and pricing
* Opportunity matrix for power sector transmission
* Score card for transmission sector reforms
* Opportunity sizing and attractiveness analysis
* Merchant transmission model
* Future road map

Key Questions Answered

* What is the overall scorecard of transmission reforms in India?
* Why India fails to attract private investment to the sector?
* What are the models of private participation to the transmission sector in India?
* Is there any scope of PPP in power transmission in India?
* What are the innovative financing g structures for transmission sector in India?
* Can UMPP type of model of competitive bidding sustainable for power transmission?
* What is the investment opportunities for private players in the industry?
* How competitive is the power transmission market in India?
* Is the Indian market ready for merchant transmission?

A must buy for
1. Transmission utilities
2. EPC contractors
3. Power Traders
4. Power exchanges
5. Banks ,Project financers and Investment bankers
6. Consultants
7. Equipment Manufacturers
8. Project developers – both Renewable & Conventional
9. Research Companies
10. Other stakeholders of Power Industry

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Bharatbook.com has this special report, which sources information of India is aggressively focussing on infrastructure to sustain the current growth momentum and further accelerate to achieve the double digit growth.

Besides massive funds allocation by the central government to infrastructure sector; it is felt that central sector alone cannot afford to achieve the growth objectives. According to the CEA estimates power sector being the core of the infrastructure, needs an investment to the tune of Rs 10.32 billion during the XIth plan period. Major chunk of this huge investment would go into power generation and the transmission sector is likely to attract only 13.5% of the total planned investment.

By 2012, it is expected that India would surpass 180GW in generation capacity and the challenge would be to optimally evacuate the power through effective and efficient power transmission network. The problem is compounded as most of the power generation is concentrated in the power surplus regions of east and south east of India and it needs to be transmitted to power deficit regions of north and western part of India. In its effort to build a national grid, PGCIL has synchronised,4 regional grids, namely North-Eastern, Eastern, Western and Northern grid. The only regional grid left is Southern Regional grid which is connected to this synchronous grid through HVDC links but not yet synchronised.

Currently 45% of the generated capacity can be transferred across regions and the target is to achieve 60% inter regional capacity by 2012. PGCIL ,the monopoly central transmission utility has embarked upon to create a national grid for transmission with an investment outlay of Rs 55,000 crores in the XIth plan to increase the inter regional transfer capacity to 37,000MW.It is anticipated that India will have 75,000MW inter regional capacity by the end of XIIth plan. Though PGCIL has been in the forefront to develop the transmission sector in India, it is felt that private participation would boost this sector with much needed investment and capacity building to match up with the huge generation planned. Currently, private sector participation is sought in some project specific bulk transmission lines with joint venture with PGCIL or in competitive bidding basis.

Centre has planned for 14 transmission projects on competitive bidding basis in line with UMPP in generation. Apart from these projects, transmission lines for all the future