India, June 5 -- Oil India (OIL) announced the presence of natural gas in its 3rd exploratory well Vijayapuram-3 (Loc. OAEB), drilled 15 km oA the east coast of the Andaman Islands at a water depth of 355 meters in the Offshore Andaman Block AN-OSHP-2018/1 under the Open Acreage Licensing Policy (OALP). OIL now establishes presence of hydrocarbon in 2 (two) wells out of 3 (three) exploratory wells drilled so far. Occurrence of natural gas was reported in 2nd exploratory well Vijayapuram-2 (Loc. OAEA) on 26 September 2025.Initial production testing of the well at the depth of 1900 plus meters in the Eocene formation has established the presence of natural gas through continuous flaring. Post perforation, immediate pressure build up was obser...