KG D6 to double India’s natural gas production?
By Narsi Santhanam • May 10th, 2009 • Category: Uncategorized
At peak production by 2010, KG (Krishna Godavari) D6 of Reliance will yield 80 MMSCMD of gas, says this article. Now, that’s a lot. Well, a heck of a lot – it is the total being produced by all of ONGC now (about 32 billion cu m or 1 trillion cubic ft per year – see here ).
So, KG D6 alone will double our production of natural gas? Tough to believe, let me double check
On a side note, I found in one of our forum postings that by 2030-31, the amount of natural gas expected to be produced by India is about 100 Million T oe (oil equivalent). That’s quite a lot; by the way, India consumes about 120 Million T of oil currently (2009)…now, natural gas density is 0.7 Kg /m3, and the approx energy density of natural gas is about 10,000 KCal/Kg, which is similar to that for gasoline. So, 100 Mill T of oil would be the same as 100 mill T of natural gas = 100,000,000*1000*0.7 m3 = 70 billion m3 (cu m) = 70 billion * 3.3*3.3*3.3 cu ft = 70 bill * 36 = 2520 billion cu ft = 2.5 tcf. Currently, it is about 1 tcf. I doubt the estimate is correct, because just one block of Reliance KG D6 alone is expected to double the production to about 2 tcf per year (though I’m not sure how quickly this scaling up will happen)…
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Narasimhan (Narsi) has extensive experience in understanding renewable energy markets and strategic levers for success in these markets. His special focus has been his work on the Indian renewable energy industry. His work in the previous 15 years have spanned market and industry research, product management and international sales, and strategic consulting. see more http://www.eai.in/ref/team/ns.html
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