Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) today announced that it has registered three oil and gas finds - one in the shallow waters on the west coast and two in deep waters in the Krishna Godavari (KG) basin on the east coast.According to a release issued by ONGC to the BSE today, ONGC has made a significant find at a location 60 km south west of the Mumbai High Field. "This is a pre-NELP block where the company is the 100% operator. The well was spudded on October 20, 2004 in water depth of 82 meters and completed to a depth of 3,949 meters. Multiple oil & gas bearing sands have been identified in the Panna formation. The deeper object has flowed 4,90,736 cubic meters of gas per day and 2,491 bbl of oil per day though the 1/2" choke. The shallower object has flowed 4,51,838 cubic meters of gas per day and 2,045 bbl of oil per day through the 1/2" choke, " the release added. The find has opened up a new exploration opportunity in sands within the Panna formation off the Mumbai High field, the release said. On the east coast, the company has made two more gas strikes in its on-going Sagar Samriddhi deepwater exploration campaign. "Well VA-2 in block KG-OS-DW-IV at a location 35 km off Amalapuram coast was spudded on March 24, 2005 in 689 meters water depth targeting potential meandering channels. This is a pre-NELP block where the company is the 100% operator. The well has been completed to the target depth of 2,614 meters encountering a total pay thickness of 17 meters. On successful completion, the well flowed 3,26,545 cubic meters of gas per day through the 24/64" choke. This prospect will be integrated to up-scaled exploitation plan of G-l and GS-15 structures where the company is developing India's first digital oil field in the KG basin," the release said.In another location in the KG offshore, drillship Sagar Vijay has emerged lucky the third time in the exploration campaign, the release added. "This is again a strike in a pre-NELP nomination block 1G, where the company is the 100% operator. Well G4-4, under drilling at a water depth of 331 meters, is located 38 km from Amalapuram coast," the release said.