India is said to be having shale gas reserves in at least 250 existing oil and gas blocks. According to government estimates, a few basins in India together have a potential to produce 63 trillion cubic feet (TCF) of shale gas, while it has a total shale potential of close to 300 TCF. Experts say shale gas and oil reserves may be present in at least 11 more basins
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