Ravva oil field

Oil field

16°29′17″N 82°05′23″E / 16.4879328°N 82.0896668°E / 16.4879328; 82.0896668OperatorCairn EnergyPartnersCairn India, ONGC, Videocon and Ravva Oil Singapore Private LimitedService contractorsPetrodril, VP Petro6 EngineersField historyDiscovery1987Start of development1993Start of production1994ProductionCurrent production of oil25,986 barrels per day (~1.295×10^⁶ t/a)Year of current production of oil2015^[1]

The Ravva oil field in the Krishna Godavari Basin is located in coastal Andhra Pradesh.

Ownership

The field is operated by Cairn India with a 22.5% share. Its partners in the field are the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) with a 40% share, Videocon Petroleum with a 25% shareand Ravva Oil with a 12.5%.^[2]

Development and production

The oil field was developed in partnership with Cairn India, ONGC, Videocon and Ravva Oil Singapore Private Limited, under a 25-year production sharing contract (PSC) that expired in 2019. There are eight unmanned offshore platforms and sub-sea pipelines are being operated. The crude oil produced from the Ravva field is transferred to the Ravva onshore terminal via four pipelines. Processing takes place at a 225-acre facility at Surasani Yanam. The onshore storage capacity is one million barrels.^[1]^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "The average gross production from the Ravva field is 25,986 BOEPD (FY2015)". Cairn India. Archived from the original on 22 April 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Ravva Oil and Gas Field, India". Offshore Technology. Retrieved 1 January 2016.

Godavari basin

Rivers

Major tributaries	Godavari Pranhita Indravati Sabari Manjira Manair Wardha Wainganga Penganga
Minor tributaries	Pravara Kinnerasani Purna Sileru Sindphana Taliperu
Sub-tributaries	Adan Banganga Bindusara Darna Kadva Kanhan Kolar Nasardi Pench Purna Shivana

Dams, barrages

Geographical
features / regions

Riparian districts

Maharashtra	Nashik Ahmednagar Aurangabad Parbhani Nanded Gadchiroli Beed Amravati Bhandara Gondia Chandrapur Wardha Nagpur Yavatmal Washim Buldhana Hingoli
Madhya Pradesh	Balaghat Seoni Betul Chhindwara
Odisha	Kalahandi Koraput Malkangiri
Chhattisgarh	Bastar Bijapur
Karnataka	Bidar
Telangana	Medak Sangareddy Siddipet Nizamabad Kamareddy Adilabad Nirmal Mancherial Komaram Bheem Karimnagar Jagtial Peddapalli Rajanna Sircilla Hanamkonda Warangal Jayashankar Bhupalpally Jangaon Mahabubabad Bhadradri Kothagudem Khammam
Andhra Pradesh	Alluri Sitharama Raju Eluru West Godavari East Godavari Kakinada Konaseema

Cities

Languages / people

Coalfields

Oil / gas fields

Krishna Godavari Basin
Ravva oil field

Industries

Transport

Highways and railways	NH 16 (old NH 5) old NH 6 NH 44 (old NH 7) Hyderabad-Godavari Valley Railways Visakhapatnam–Vijayawada section Bilaspur–Nagpur section Nagpur–Hyderabad line
Bridges on Godavari	Godavari Bridge Old Godavari Bridge Godavari Arch Bridge Godavari Fourth Bridge

Pollution concerns,
river basin's sustainable
productivity & ecology

Algal bloom in reservoirs
High alkalinity of river water in the river basin upstream of Pochampadu dam
Frequent floods in tail end area of the river basin
Alkali salts / high pH water run off from ash / red mud dumps of coal fired power stations / bauxite ore enrichment
Excessive silting of reservoirs due to deforestation and mining activities