No additional gas for power, don’t plan gas power plant till 2015/16:Centre

April 23, 2013


By our correspondent, New Delhi, 23 April 2013

The Gujarat government, and especially the Power minister regularly complains in public forums about lack of gas supply to state’s power stations. Now in an answer given in Rajya Sabha, MoS (I/C) Power Shri Jyotirditya M. Scindia has said that centre has no additional gas available for gas based power plants due to reduced production of domestic gas.

“There is no additional gas available for allocation to the gas based power plants due to reduced production of domestic gas. The Ministry of Power has not allocated gas on firm basis for the upcoming power projects i.e. GSPC Pipavav Power Company Ltd., GSEG expansion projects and Dhuvaran CCPP-III in the Gujarat State,” Scindia said in his answer.

“The Gujarat State Government/Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (GUVNL) have requested for allocation of gas to meet shortages being experienced by existing plants and also to meet the requirement of gas for new plants. However, due to the reduced availability of domestic gas, no additional allocation could be made to any power plants including Gujarat projects so far,” he added.

The minister further said, “MoP/Central Electricity Authority has issued an advisory to all the developers not to plan for any new domestic gas based power plants till 2015-16, as there is no certainty of availability of the same.”

The minister however said that the request of Clubbing/Diversion of gas of Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited(GUVNL) has been approved by the Government.

In separate answer, following details on gas production were shared in the parliament

Production Performance of Oil & Natural Gas sector for the month of March, 2013

I. A. CRUDE OIL PRODUCTION – PERFORMANCE
Month / Period

Planned Target (TMT)

Actual Production (TMT)

%age achievement

Surplus(+) Shortfall(-) Vis-à-vis target (%age)

Surplus(+) Shortfall(-) over last year (%age)
March, 2013*

3528.655

3224.612

91.4

-8.6

0.2
April-March, 2013*

40046.179

37864.536

94.6

-5.4

-0.6
April-March, 2012  

38089.689

 
TMT: Million Metric Tonnes. *: Provisional.
B. COMPANY-WISE ACHIEVEMENT
Company / State

Planned Target (TMT)

Actual Production (TMT)

%age achievement

Surplus(+) Shortfall(-(%age)
ONGC

2158.000

1953.000

90.5

-9.5
Gujarat

463.000

438.000

94.6

Andhra Pradesh

24.000

27.000

112.5

Tamil Nadu

17.000

19.000

111.8

Assam

106.000

120.000

113.2

Mumbai Region (incl Mumbai High)

1548.000

1349.000

87.1

OIL

339.800

301.090

88.6

-11.4
Assam

337.700

299.093

88.6

Arunachal Pradesh

2.100

1.997

95.1

PRIVATE/JVC

1030.855

970.522

94.1

-5.9
TOTAL

3528.655

3224.612

91.4

-8.6
C. REASONS FOR SHORTFALL
Company / State

Reasons for shortfall
ONGC (Gujarat) Poor Influx, increasing water cut trend & power shutdowns.
ONGC (Mumbai High Offshore) Base potential affected due to lesser availability of inputs. Less than anticipated oil gain from side track & development wells. Delay in project execution of G-1 field. Production affected due to less than anticipated oil gain from new development wells.
OIL (Assam Arunachal Pradesh) Consequential effect of bandhs and blockades in the past several month(s).
Pvt./JVCs (Rajasthan) Less than estimated production Bhagyam wells.
Pvt./JVCs (Arunachal Pradesh) Underperformance of new development wells.
Pvt./JVCs (Gujarat) Well Bakrol # 5 ceased to flow oil due to wax deposition. Well Bhandut # 4 has ceassed to produce oil. Well Tar # P is flowing intermittently. Underperformance of the field due to water loading in wells.Oil producton is yet to commence from the field.
Pvt./JVCs (Gujarat Offshore-CB-OS/2) Natural decline of the field.
Pvt./JVCs (Eastern Offshore-KG-DWN-98/3) A total of 9 wells in D1, D3 and 2 wells in MA have ceased to flow due to water/sand ingress.
Pvt./JVCs (Eastern Offshore-PY-1) Production gain post work-over in Mercury is less than expected due to water loading.
Pvt./JVCs (Eastern Offshore-PY-3) Field under complete shutdown w.e.f 30.7.2011 after expiry of the contract for existing production facilities.
Pvt./JVCs (Western Offshore-Panna-Mukta) Oil production is less due to non delivery of PL wells, delay in well intervention & closure of Mukta wells due to MA riser leak.
A statement showing Crude Oil Production during March, 2013 and cumulatively for the period April- March, 2013 vis-à-vis 2011-12 planned production is at Annexure-I.
II. A. NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION

Month / Period

Planned Target (MCM)

Actual Production (MCM)

%age achieve-ment

Surplus(+) Shortfall(-) Vis-à-vis target (%age)

Surplus(+) Shortfall(-) over last year (%age)
March, 2013*

3593.215

3173.246

88.3

-11.7

-17.7
April- March, 2013*

41309.502

40676.670

98.5

-1.5

-14.5
April- March, 2012

47558.639

MCM: Million Cubic Metres.

*: Provisional.
B. COMPANY-WISE ACHIEVEMENT
Company / State

Planned Target (MCM)

Actual Production (MCM)

%age achievement

Surplus(+) Shortfall(-) (%age)
ONGC

2037.906

2018.630

99.1

-0.9
Gujarat

84.565

149.165

176.4
Rajasthan

1.258

1.286

102.2
Andhra Pradesh

80.200

106.179

132.4
Tamil Nadu

111.735

107.567

96.3
Assam

38.389

40.607

105.8
Tripura

121.304

53.976

44.5
Mumbai High Offshore

1600.455

1559.850

97.5
OIL

251.100

230.666

91.9

-8.1
Assam

229.400

211.787

92.3
Arunachal Pradesh

1.500

1.649

109.9
Rajasthan

20.200

17.230

85.3
PRIVATE/JVC

1304.209

923.950

70.8

-29.2
Onshore $

63.663

67.752

106.4
Offshore

1240.546

856.198

69.0
TOTAL

3593.215

3173.246

88.3

-11.7
$: Including Coal Bed Methane production.
C. REASONS FOR SHORTFALL
Company / State

Reasons for shortfall
ONGC (Tamil Nadu) Less offtake by consumers.
ONGC (Offshore) Delay in project execution of G-1 field.
ONGC (Tripura) Lack of consumers.
OIL (Assam & Rajasthan) Less drawal by BVFCL for shutdown of Namrup plant-II. Less gas withdrawal by NTPS due to gas turbines II under maintenance. Less withdrawal by NEEPCO due to compressor -I under maintenance. Less than desired production potential.
Pvt./JVCs ( Arunchal onshore) Underperformance of new development wells.
Pvt./JVCs ( West Bengal) Field is under development. Incidentally produced CBM is being sold in small quantities. Gas production is being adjusted as per offtake by the buyers.
Pvt./JVCs ( Eastern Offshore-KG-DWN-98/3) A total of 9 wells in D1, D3 and 2 wells in MA have ceased to flow due to water/sand ingress.
Pvt./JVCs ( Eastern Offshore-PY-1) Production gain post work-over in Mercury is less than expected due to water loading.
Pvt./JVCs ( Eastern Offshore-PY-3) Field under complete shutdown w.e.f 30.7.2011 after expiry of the contract for existing production facilities.
Pvt./JVCs ( Western Offshore-M&S Tapti) Gas production is less due to underferformance of infil wells & early water loading inwell MTA# 3.
A statement showing natural gas production during March, 2013 and cumulatively for the period April- March, 2013 vis-à-vis 2011-12 is at Annexure-IV.
III. A. REFINERY PRODUCTION
(IN TERMS OF CRUDE THROUGHPUT)
Month / Period

Planned Target (MMT)

Actual Production (MMT)

%age achievement

Surplus(+) Shortfall(-) Vis-à-vis target (in %age)

Surplus(+) Shortfall(-) over last year (in %age)
March, 2013*

15.254

16.098

105.5

5.5

5.6
April- March, 2013*

177.912

181.735

102.1

2.1

6.9
April- March, 2012

169.993

 
*: Provisional.
The crude throughput in IOC (Barauni, Haldia, Mathura, Panipat & Bongaigaon), BPCL (Kochi), BORL (Bina), HPCL (Mumbai), ONGC (Tatipaka), MRPL (Mangalore) & RIL (Jamnagar) refineries have exceeded their planned target.
The crude throughput in IOC (Guwahati, Koyali, & Digboi), BPCL (Mumbai), HPCL(Visakh), CPCL (Manali & Narimanam), NRL (Numaligarh) & EOL (Vadinar) refineries was less than their planned target.
B. REASONS FOR SHORTFALL :
Company / State

Reasons for shortfall
IOCL, Gujarat Throughput is low because of problem in Fluidized Catalytic Cracker (FCC) & Delayed Cracker (DCU) units.
CPCL, ( Manali) CDU-3 shutdown due to heavy Naphtha line leak.
CPCL, (Narimanam) Reduced crude availability
NRL, Numaligarh Less crude receipt.
BPCL, Kochi The yearly MOU target was achieved with processed throughput.
A statement showing refinery-wise production during the month of March, 2013 and cumulatively for the period April- March, 2013 vis-à-vis 2011-12 planned target is at Annexure-II.
III. REFINERY CAPACITY UTILISATION [excluding RPL(SEZ)]

Month

Utilisation (%)

Period

Utilisation (%)
March, 2013*

107.0

April- March, 2013

102.6
March, 2012

112.2

April- March, 2012

96.0
The refinery-wise details of the capacity utilisation during March, 2013 and cumulatively for the period April- March, 2013 vis-a-vis 2011-12 are given in Annexure-III.
 

 


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