ONGC’s KG Vashishta Gas Field to Reach Peak Output in July

India: The fields currently produce 1.1 million standard cubic meters per day and were developed under a greenfield deepwater development project at a cost of USD751.65 million. Vashishta field is projected to deliver 9.56 billion cubic metres (bcm) of gas spread over nine years with peak production reaching 3.55 million metric standard cubic metres a day (mmscmd) during the initial five years. The S1 field is projected to produce 6.22 bcm of gas covering a period of eight years with a peak production reaching 2.2 mmscmd in the first five years.

TechSci Research forecasts that owing to availability of huge natural gas reserves in India, its environmental friendliness, easy transportability and city gas distribution is forecasted to witness robust growth in the country over the next decade. CNG is being increasingly used in transportation sector, where it acts as a fuel for vehicles like taxi, cars, LCVs/RTVS and autos, while Piped Natural Gas (PNG) is used as a fuel by domestic consumers (households), commercial consumers (hotels, offices, canteens, etc.), and industrial consumers (dryers, boilers, furnace, etc.) in the country. The planned investment by Cairn India would certainly increase its current production and help meet the surging gas demand fueled by the rapid urbanization that India is undergoing.

According to released report of TechSci Research “India City Gas Distribution Market Forecast and Opportunities, 2030”, the City Gas Distribution (CGD) market in India grew at a CAGR of 6.25% during 2013 - 2015. In 2015, India CGD market was dominated by transportation sector owing to increasing number of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) vehicles as well as filling stations.