GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 773
ANSWERED ON:04.08.2011
DECLINE IN GAS PRODUCTION
ANANT KUMAR HEGDE
(a) whether as per the new estimate in 2006 it was expected to have a production of 80 Million Cubic Metre gas per day from KG D-6 Oil field with an investment of 5.2 billion dollars;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether it is also true that the mid oil field has not achieved the estimated production;
(d) if so, the quantum of production therefrom; and
(e) the date since when the oil field has started commercial production and the time after which the production declined?
Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GASbe pleased to state:-
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS
(SHRI R.P.N. SINGH)
(a) & (b): The Management Committee (MC) in the year 2006 approved Field Development Plan (FDP) for D1 & D3 gas fields in KG-D6 block with an estimated Capital expenditure of US $ 8.8 Billion consisting of two phases (Phase-I: US $ 5.2 Billion & Phase-II: US $ 3.6 Billion) for a field life of 13 years. The estimated peak natural gas production rate envisaged was 80 Million Metric Standard Cubic Meter Per Day (MMSCMD).
(c) & (d): As per the approved Field Development Plan (FDP), the envisaged gas production from D1 & D3 fields was 61.88 MMSCMD from 22 producing wells for the year 2011-12. However, the average gas production during 2011-12 (April-June, 11) is 40.5 MMSCMD from 16 producing wells. As far as MA oil field in KG-D6 block is concerned, the average oil production during (April-June, 11) was 15511 Barrels of Oil Per Day (BOPD) against the production profile of 20890 BOPD as per approved FDP.
(e): The gas production from D1 & D3 fields in KG-D6 block commenced from 01.04.09. There is shortfall in gas production rate due to less numbers of producing wells visa-vis FDP approved number of producing wells. The gas production from D1 & D3 fields was 14.35 Billion Cubic Meter (BCM) in 2009-10 & 17.57 BCM in 2010-11. The commercial crude oil production from MA field commenced from 17.09.08. The crude oil production from MA field was 0.129 Million Metric Tonne (MMT) in 2008-09, 0.502 MMT in 2009-10 & 1.078 MMT in 2010-11 respectively. Thus, production from MA field has shown no decline.