Krishna-Godavari Basin is a peri-cratonic passive margin basin in India. It is spread across more than 50,000 square kilometres in the Krishna River and Godavari River basins in Andhra Pradesh. The site is known for the D-6 block where Reliance Industries discovered the biggest natural gas reserves in India in 2002. It was also the world's largest gas discovery of 2002.
It was in 1983 that Gas was first struck in Rajole Well No.1 when ONGC had a small office in Rajahmundry and Narsapur that was headed by Iqbal Farooqi. Since that discovery there had been no looking back. Reliance and others are late players in that area.
14 trillion cubic feet of gas by Reliance Industries in KG-DWN-98/l (KG-D6) in 2002. 6000 feet below the sea floor.
20 trillion cubic feet (5.7×1011 m3)cubic feet of gas by Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation in June 2005.
20 trillion cubic feet (5.7×1011 m3) of gas at D-3 and D-9 blocks by Reliance Industries in May 2009.
10 trillion cubic feet (2.8×1011 m3) of gas by ONGC in June 2009.
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