Online BusinessGovt formally issues EGoM decision taken last month on KG-D6 allocation
Ten power companies, including NTPC, Ratnagiri Gas and Power Pvt Ltd (RGPPL), Lanco and GMR Energy, will get KG-D6 gas in the second round of allocation decided last month, confirmed a government release issued on Monday. The decision has been reported already. Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), operator of the D6 block in the Krishna-Godavari basin, will also be getting gas for consumption at its refineries and petrochemicals business, as well as for its captive power plants.
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It was decided that 1.918 million standard cubic metres a day (mscmd) of gas should be supplied on a firm basis to its petrochemicals plants to meet their feedstock requirement, that is, 1.168 mscmd to RIL’s unit at Gandhar in Gujarat and 0.75 mscmd to its unit at Nagothane in Maharashtra, said a government release.