India’s Offshore Energy Scheme Faces Calls for Smarter Exploration

India wants to explore energy resources located offshore.

Its Samudra Manthan scheme is described as providing ₹84,000 crore for this effort.

Dr. Kumar, Atomionics’ CTO, supports the financial backing but says money alone is not enough.

He says India also needs better tools for studying what lies beneath the seabed.

Older seismic methods may not provide enough information by themselves.

Paying for more drilling rigs could make drilling happen faster.

However, it may not make successful discoveries more likely.

Dr. Kumar says uncertainty should be reduced before a well is drilled so the money is used more carefully.