- Production of Natural Gas
Natural gas production during January,2021 was 2550.62MMSCM which is 19.20% lower than the monthly target and 2.21% lower when compared with January, 2020. Cumulative natural gas production during April-January, 2020-21 was 23679.54MMSCM which is 14.05% and 10.40% lower than target for the period and production during corresponding period of last year respectively. Unit-wise and state-wise natural gas production is given at Annexure-II. Unit-wise natural gas production for the month of January, 2021 and cumulatively for the period April-January, 2020-21 vis-à-vis same period of last year has been shown in Table-2 and month-wise in Figure-2.
Table-2: Natural Gas Production (inMMSCM)
|
Oil Company |
Target |
January (Month) |
April-January (Cumulative) |
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|
2020-21 (Apr-Mar) |
2020-21 |
2019-20 |
% over last year |
2020-21 |
2019-20 |
% over last year |
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|
Target |
Prod.* |
Prod. |
Target |
Prod.* |
Prod. |
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|
ONGC |
23982.98 |
2050.73 |
1865.68 |
2052.42 |
90.90 |
20080.75 |
18410.00 |
19970.70 |
92.19 |
|
OIL |
2761.73 |
255.27 |
211.94 |
208.48 |
101.66 |
2262.12 |
2081.76 |
2255.85 |
92.28 |
|
PSC Fields |
6826.82 |
850.86 |
473.00 |
347.44 |
136.14 |
5207.76 |
3187.77 |
4201.73 |
75.87 |
|
Total |
33571.53 |
3156.86 |
2550.62 |
2608.34 |
97.79 |
27550.63 |
23679.54 |
26428.28 |
89.60 |
Note: Totals may not tally due to rounding off. *: Provisional
Figure-2: Monthly Natural Gas Production
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- Natural gas production by ONGC in the nominationblocks during January, 2021 was 1865.68MMSCM which is 9.02% lower than target and 9.10% lower when compared with January 2020. Cumulative natural gas production by ONGC duringApril-January, 2020-21 was 18410.0 MMSCM which is 8.32% and 7.81% lower than target for the period and production during corresponding period of last year respectively.Reasons for shortfall in production are as under:
- Less Gas production from WO16 cluster due to delay in MOPU.
- Less than planned production from Vasistha / S1 wells in EOA due certain reservoir related issues.
- Less than planned production from new subsea wells in Bassein field due to delay in subsea umbilical connections/hook up jobs in view of Covid-19 implications.
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- Natural gas production by OILin the nomination block during January, 2021 was 211.94 MMSCM which is 1.66% higher than January, 2020 but 16.98% lower than monthly target. Cumulative natural gas production by OIL during April-January, 2020-21 was 2081.76 MMSCM which is 7.97% and 7.72% lower than target for the period and production during corresponding period of last year respectively. Reasons for shortfall in production are as under:
- Low upliftment/demand of gas by the major customers.
- Bandhs /blockade by local people and associations after the Baghjan Blowout.
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- Natural gas production by Pvt/JVs companiesin the PSC (production sharing contracts) regime during January,2021 was 473.0MMSCM which is 36.14% higher than the January, 2020 but 44.41% lowerthan monthly target. Cumulative natural gas production by Pvt/JVs during April-January, 2020-21 was 3187.77MMSCM which is 38.79% and 24.13% lower than target for the period and production during corresponding period of last year respectively. Reasons for shortfall in production are as under:
- KG-DWN-98/3 (Reliance Industries Ltd): Impact on project progress of KG-DWN-98/3 due to COVID 19 pandemic and adverse weather conditions.
- RJ-ON/6 (Focus Energy Limited): Less gas offtake by consumers.
- KG-DWN-98/2 (Oil & Natural Gas Corpn.): U3-B well is flowing less than the expected profile and delay in commissioning of wells of U1- field.
- KG-OSN-2001/3 (Oil & Natural Gas Corpn.): Production from Well D-7 was not commenced.
- Raniganj East (Essar Oil and Gas Exploration & Production Ltd): Production curtailed due to limited sales off-take and to avoid flaring.
