ONGC plans to commercialise another basin – the Vindhyan basin – in Madhya Pradesh. This would be the ninth producing basin of India and eighth by ONGC. The exploratory well Hatta#3 was drilled with the objective of establishing commercial potential through detailed testing to acquire reservoir-specific data. Hatta#3 is located in the Son valley of Madhya Pradesh. On testing, the well produced over 62,044 cum per day of gas, thus confirming the production potential of the Proterozoic basin for the first time in the country. In recent years, ONGC has purchased five blocks in Madhya Pradesh under the Open Acreage and Licensing Policy rounds.