Domestic natural gas output up 19% in May

For ultra-deep-water fuel fields just like the Krishna Godavari basin, which have greater pricing and advertising freedom, the present worth cap is about at $3.62/mBtu.

Home pure fuel manufacturing elevated 19.1% on yr to 2,740 million customary cubic metre (mscm) in Could, primarily because of greater manufacturing from Reliance Industries and BP’s ultra-deep-water subject within the KG-D6 Block of the Krishna Godavari basin on the east coast. The output had fallen 8.1% y-o-y to twenty-eight,670.6 mscm in FY21.
RIL and BP’s new subject began manufacturing in December 2020 at 1.3 mscm per day (mscmd) and ramped as much as 9.6 mscmd in March 2021.

Complete consumption of 5,247 mscm of pure fuel in Could was 4.3% greater than the corresponding month of the earlier yr. The two,587 mscm of liquefied pure fuel (LNG) imported within the month was 9.2% greater than the import volumes of Could 2020. The cumulative LNG import of 5,242 mscm in April-Could, 2021 was greater by 24.9% in contrast with the corresponding interval of the earlier yr. The worth of LNG import within the first two months of FY22 was $1.5 billion, about 67% greater yearly.

Indigenous pure fuel manufacturing caters to about 51% of the nation’s necessities, whereas round 85% of the nation’s crude oil is imported. The two.4 million tonne (MT) of crude oil produced within the nation through the month was 7.7% decrease than the manufacturing within the year-ago interval.

Crude oil import in Could was 17.3 MT, recording an annual rise of 18.5%. As a consequence of improve in international crude oil charges, the worth of the import was $8.3 billion, 261% greater than Could, 2020. Within the first two months of FY22, the worth of crude import, at $16.8 billion, was 217% greater than the identical interval final yr although import volumes have been up solely 13.8% to 35.5 MT.

The present worth for fuel produced from native nominated fields has been revised to an all-time low of $1.79/ million British thermal models (mBtu) by the federal government, which is far beneath the breakeven level for many fields, deterring fuel producers from aggressively growing manufacturing or stepping into new high-risk initiatives. For ultra-deep-water fuel fields just like the Krishna Godavari basin, which have greater pricing and advertising freedom, the present worth cap is about at $3.62/mBtu.