The Hindu Business Line : Petronet LNG to resume normal gas flows from Dahej this week

NEW DELHI: Petronet LNG Ltd will resume normal gas supplies by Thursday after it advanced restart of its Dahej terminal in Gujarat to ensure gas reaches critical industries.

Petronet had on January 7 shut down its Dahej LNG terminal to hook up new facilities that would double import capacity to 10 million tonnes. The restart of the terminal was scheduled on January 13, but the company restarted the terminal on January 9.

“Our terminal now is 10 million tonnes,'' a company official said. The company advanced the restart after natural gas production from ONGC's Western Offshore field was shut due to a strike by the state-run firm's executives. In the first 12 hours from re suming operations at 1800 hours on January 9, Petronet supplied seven million standard cubic metre of gas. From the next day, the supplies went up to 18 million standard cubic metres per day,'' he said.

The strike by the oil executives has resulted in a shutdown of ONGC's South Bassein and its satellite fields in the Western Offshore and privately operated Panna Mukta and Tapti Fields. South Bassein produces 30.5 mmscmd and Panna Mukta and Tapti another 15-16 mmscmd. The official said since the terminal was originally scheduled to be shut from January 7-12, it had scheduled arrival of new LNG cargoes from January 15 and once they come the gas supplies from Dahej would rise to 24.7 mmscmd. - PTI

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