Ahmedabad, August 04: Industry in southern Gujarat isfacing gas shortage following sub-sea leakage in the pipelinecoming from the Panna-Mukta and Tapti(PMT) oil and gas fields,industry sources said.
President of Ankleshwar Industry Association PramodPatel said “gas supply has been short for last few days.”
GAIL India, which markets the gas produced from PMTfields located off shores in western India, declared a ForceMajeaure and effected a pro-rata cut on all its customersincluding Gujarat Gas which caters to industry in southGujarat, industry sources said.
Gujarat Gas which is subsidiary of UK’s BG Group isgetting 40 per cent lesser gas than the contracted quantitywith GAIL, sources in the industry said adding following whichthe supply to southern Gujarat has been impacted.
“There are two sub-sea pipelines of 36 and 42 inchescoming from PMT and ending near Hazira (at Ubharat), whichsupply gas to Gujarat and are being maintained by JV Group,which is part of Reliance, BG Group and ONGC consortium,”senior ONGC official said.
UK’s BG Group, Reliance Industries and Oil and NaturalGas Corp (ONGC) have stopped crude oil production from the PMToil and gas fields following the leakage, industry sourcessaid.
Gas production has been impacted with output fallingfrom around 14 million standard cubic metres per day to 9mmscmd, they said.
—Agencies