India’s Top Crude Producer Buying Natural Gas Block
India’s biggest oil and gas producer will pay as much as $1.2 billion to buy a majority stake in a gas field off the country’s east coast, aiming to boost production as the country seeks to cut energy imports.
State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp. Ltd.’s (ONGC) board approved the purchase of an 80% stake in Gujarat State Petroleum Corp.’s deepwater block in the Krishna Godavari basin, it said in a statement, World Oil reported. The New Delhi-based company will pay $995.26 million for the Deen Dayal West field, the largest discovery in the KG-OSN-2001/3 block, with estimated natural gas reserves of 317 billion cubic meters.
It will pay another $200 million for six other discoveries in the block located in the Bay of Bengal.
“The acquisition fits well with the strategy of ONGC to enhance natural gas production from domestic fields at a faster pace,” the company said, adding that trial gas production from Deen Dayal West field has already started.
The deal will help expedite production of gas from the block critical to achieve Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s goal of reducing import dependency of hydrocarbons by 10% by 2022. The companies will share infrastructure and reduce costs in an area where both have spent or plan to spend at least $3 billion each.
The deal is critical for GSPC, a company owned by the government of the western state of Gujarat, as it is at least four years behind schedule in starting commercial gas production despite having completed construction of a processing platform, gas pipeline and an onshore terminal.
source: Financial Tribune
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