(a) the details of the quantity of gas purchased by NTPC from various suppliers in the last one year;
(b) the prices at which it was supplied by each supplier;
(c) whether there has been a substantial increase in the price of gas supplied recently by some suppliers; and
(d) if so, the details therefore?
THE MINISTER OF POWER ( SHRI SUSHILKUMAR SHINDE )
(a) to (d) : A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF
STARRED QUESTION NO. 361 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA
ON 27.04.2007 REGARDING PURCHASE OF GAS BY NTPC.
(a) & (b) : The details of the quantity of gas purchased by NTPC and prices of gas
from various suppliers for its six gas based stations at Anta, Auraiya, Dadri,
Faridabad, Kawas and Gandhar for the year 2006 – 07 are given below :
Supplier Category of Procurement Quantity Range of Prices on gas i.e. Mechanism (MMSCM) GCV basis at Plant Natural Gas Boundary # (in US$/ /RLNG MMBTU) (1 US $ =Rs. 45.00)
GAIL Natural Gas APM 3428.70 2.5 – 2.8
Total (A) 3428.70
GAIL RLNG Spot Purchase 217.80 10.39 – 12.7 IOCL RLNG Spot Purchase 111.20 10.6 – 12.1 BPCL RLNG Spot Purchase 102.20 10.6 – 11.9 Hazira RLNG Spot Purchase 449.63 10.4 – 12.5 LNG Pvt. Ltd. (HLPL)
GSPC RLNG Spot Purchase 209.60 10.6 – 13.14
Total (B) 1090.43
BPCL through RLNG Fall Back basis 17.67 4.5 – 4.6 Petronet IOCL through RLNG Fall Back basis 3.00 4.5 – 4.6 Petronet GAIL RLNG Fall Back basis 35.86 4.5 – 4.6
Total (C) 56.53
GSPC Natural Gas offer by GSPC 49.61 5.12
Total (D) 49.61
Grand Total 4625.27 (A+B+C+D)
# The prices include transportation, taxes & duties
APM : Administered Pricing Mechanism GAIL : Gas Authority of India Ltd. IOCL : Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. BPCL : Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. RLNG : Regasified Liquefied Natural Gas GSPC : Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation MMSCM : Million Standard Cubic Meter GCV : Gross Calorific Value MMBTU : Million British Thermal Unit