the possibility of harbouring oil and gas deposits. The highest concentration of natural gas is found in the Mumbai High and Bassein Oil Fields. Gujarat, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Rajasthan, Arunachal Pradesh, Punjab, West Bengal are the other areas, where natural gas reserves have been discovered. Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) (methane stored at high pressure) is a fuel which can be used in place of gasoline, diesel fuel and propane/LPG.
In comparison to other fuels, natural gas poses less of a threat in the event of a spill, because it is lighter than air and disperses quickly when released. Biomethane – cleaned-up biogas from anaerobic digestion or landfills – can be used. Natural gas-run vehicles are increasingly used in Delhi, Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Pune, Kolkata Lucknow, Kanpur, Varanasi, etc. d) Thermal power Thermal power is generated using fossil fuels like coal, diesel, petroleum and natural gas.
National Thermal Power Corporation Offshore oil fields Onshore oil Fields Mumbai High Oil Fields (largest %) Bhramaputra Valley (Dibrugarh and Sibsagar districts of Upper Assam.) Gujarat coast (2nd largest) Digboi Oil Fields (oldest fields in country) Bassein Oil Field, south of Mumbai high Nahoratiya Oil Fields (southwest of Digboi) Aliabet Oil Field, south of Bhavanagar Moran-Hugrijan Oil Field (Southwest of Nahoratiya) Andaman and Nicobar, Gulf of Mannar Rudrasagar-Lawa Oil Fields (Sibsagar districts of Assam) Cambay-Luni Region Surma Valley in Manipur India - Resources and Industries India - Resources and Industries [NTPC] was established in . At present, NTPC has coal based super thermal power projects and gas / liquid fuel-based combined cycle projects in the states of Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Mizoram and West Bengal. Neyveli, Mettur, Thoothukudi and Ennore (Chennai) are the important thermal power stations in Tamil nadu. e) Nuclear power The energy released during nuclear fission or fusion is used to generate electricity.
Nuclear energy is generated mainly from the minerals of Uranium and Thorium. The first nuclear power station was set up at Tarapur near Mumbai in