据油气新闻2月19日消息称，印度最大的勘探公司石油和天然气公司财务主管Subhash Kumar周一表示，该公司希望在2024年从其位于印度东海岸的克里希纳·戈达瓦里（KG）盆地的区块中每天生产1500万立方米天然气。
印度是世界第四大液化天然气进口国，该国总理纳伦德拉已设定目标，到2030年将清洁燃料在该国能源结构中的比例从目前的6%提高到15%，印度希望提高当地天然气产量。
未来的大部分天然气生产预计将来自克里希纳·戈达瓦里盆地，ONGC和信实工业在那里运营区块。信实的目标是到2023年利用其在该盆地的资产生产3000万立方米天然气。
Kumar表示，ONGC将从5月份开始将KG盆地区块的产量提高到300-350万立方米/天，在2022/23年将进一步提高到850万立方米/天，然后在2024年达到峰值。
2020年4月至12月，信实和ONGC的总产量将约为印度公司平均生产的7700万立方米/天的60％。
为了使其天然气业务盈利，ONGC已成立了一家新子公司，并希望政府提高当地天然气价格。
目前当地天然气价格为179美元/百万英热单位(mmBtu)，影响了ONGC的收入。他说，该公司的生产成本为3.5至3.7美元/百万英热单位。
这家公司将把整个天然气业务分拆出来，并入新的子公司。
Kumar表示，新子公司将竞标ONGC生产的天然气，用于该集团的炼油和石化计划。Kumar说:“就未来几年而言，天然气的发展将对公司的持续积极表现至关重要。”
朱佳妮 摘译自 油气新闻
原文如下：
India onGC sees peak gas output from east coast block in 2024
India’s top exploration company Oil and Natural Gas Corp hopes to produce 15 million cubic metres of gas a day (mmscmd) in 2024 from its block in the Krishna Godavari (KG) basin, off India’s east coast, its head of finance Subhash Kumar said on Monday
India, the world’s fourth biggest importer of liquefied natural gas, wants to boost local gas output as Prime Minister Narendra has set a target to raise the share of the cleaner fuel in the country’s energy mix to 15% by 2030 from the current 6%.
Most of the future gas production is expected from the Krishna Godavari basin, where onGC and Reliance Industries operate blocks. Reliance aims to produce 30 mmscmd gas by 2023 from its assets in the basin.
onGC will ramp up production from its KG basin block to about 3-3.5 mmscmd from May, which will be further raised to 8.5 mmscmd in 2022/23 before hitting peak rate in 2024, Kumar said.
Combined output of Reliance and onGC will be about 60% of the average 77 mmscmd Indian companies produced in April-December 2020.
To make its gas business profitable onGC has floated a new subsidiary and expects government to raise local prices.
Current local gas prices of $1.79/million British thermal units (mmBtu) have hit ONGC’s revenue. The company’s production cost is $3.5-$3.7/mmBtu, he said.
The company will spin-off its entire gas business into the new subsidiary. onGC holds stake in downstream gas assets and overseas gas blocks either directly or through its subsidiaries.
Kumar said the new subsidiary will bid for gas produced by onGC for use in the group’s refining and petrochemical plans.
“As far as coming years are concerned the story of gas is going to unfold which is going to be critical for the sustained positive performance of the company,” Kumar said.
