MODULE 1
NATURAL RESOURCES
#Food and Energy Resources
Course outcomes
•Understand About environment and its
components and Problems associated with
natural resources and their sustainable use
Learning Outcomes of
Food Reservoir
•After completion of this lecture, Student can
able to understand:
•Major sources of food reservoirs
•World Food problems
•Indian Food And Distribution scheme
Learning outcomes of
Energy reservoir
•Understand the difference between renewable and
nonrenewable energy resources.
•Demonstrate understanding of the different types of renewable
energy technologies that are currently available, and how they
are used to provide energy.
•Identify strengths and limitations associated with the different
renewable energy technologies.
•Identify the current major uses of energy (i.e., in agriculture,
manufacturing, transportation, residential, etc.).
•Distinguish between an energy source, a resource and a carrier.
•Differentiate between energy reserves and resource base.
Energy resources in India
Shale gas resources
Shale Gas that has huge potential refers to natural gas trapped
within Shale formations – the fine-grained sedimentary rocks,
which can be rich sources of petroleum and natural gas. India has
an estimated 96 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of recoverable Shale gas
reserves, found mainly in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and
Rajasthan. Krishna-Godavari (KG) basin, located in eastern India,
encloses a series of organically rich Shale formations containing
around 27 tcf of technically recoverable gas, holding country’s
largest Shale gas reserves, extending over 7,800 gross square miles
with a prospective area of 4,340 square miles. Horizontal Drilling
and Hydraulic Fracturing has allowed access to large volumes of
Shale gas that were previously uneconomical to produce.