Question : PRODUCTION OF NATURAL GAS

(a) the extent of natural gas production in the major gas producing basins of the country like Bombay High, North Eastern States including Assam and Krishna Godavari basin;

(b) the total gas produced by Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, Reliance Industries and the Gujarat State Oil Corporation in Krishna Godavari Offshore basin; and

(c) the quantum of allocation of natural gas to northern, western, eastern and southern states in percentage terms?

Answer given by the minister

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS (SHRI JITIN PRASADA)

(a) The Natural Gas production in Mumbai Offshore , North Eastern State and Krishna Godavari (KG) Basin are given below:


(in MMSCM)	2008-09	2009-10 (till Januaryâ€™10)

Mumbai Offshore	16733	14662
KG Basin	837	11849
North Eastern State	2685	2389

(b) In KG Basin, commercial production is going on in Ravva oil field, where Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) holds 40% participatory interest. As on January, 2010, the cumulative Gas production from Ravva field is 8159.67 MMSCM.

In KG-D6 block operated by Reliance Industries Limited the cumulative Gas production till January, 2010 is 11467.20 MMSCM.

(c) The percentage of allocations of natural gas to northern, western, north eastern, southern and central states are 26.07%, 45.23%, 8.19%, 16.78% and 3.73% respectively.

Question : PRODUCTION OF NATURAL GAS

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