Hardy Oil and Gas has spudded the first well on the D9 (KG-DWN-2001/1) exploration license located in the Krishna Godavari basin on the East Coast of India. Hardy holds a 10% participating interest in the license which covers an area of about 11,605 km2. 'We are delighted to announce the drilling of the first deep water exploration well on D9 to explore the Early and Mid-Miocene slope fan sands of the block.' said chief operating officer Yogeshwar Sharma.