ONGC flows first gas from U1B well off India's east coast
State-run ONGC has produced its first gas from the deep-water well U1B off India’s east coast, the company said on Twitter on August 31.
The gas well, located in KG-DWN 98/2 Block Cluster – II, has an estimated peak production of 1.2mn m3/day. The production was flagged off by Tarun Kapoor, secretary, ministry of petroleum and natural gas.
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After years of decline, India expects production from the KG basin to increase in the coming years as ONGC and Reliance Industries look to bring more wells online. Last month, Reliance said the first gas from the MJ field in the KG basin is expected during the October-December quarter of 2022. MJ field is the last of the three projects RIL and UK major BP are developing in the KG basin.
RIL and BP are developing three deepwater gas projects at KG D6 – R Cluster, Satellites Cluster and MJ – which together are expected to meet about 15% of India’s gas demand by 2023. The R Cluster came online late last year while the Satellite Cluster started production in April this year.