The field is producing 18,000 to 20,000 barrels per day of oil as against 40,000 bpd normal production. Gas output is restricted to 2.5 million standard cubic meters per day as opposed to 5.5 mmscmd in normal times. Panna-Mukta oil and gas field was shut on June 3 morning for maintenance work to prepare for the forthcoming monsoon season. However, when the facility was being restarted that evening, an explosion occurred at Panna process platform killing one.
Reliance Industries Ltd has sought a minimum supply of 3.6 million standard cubic meters per day of gas for its petrochemical plants from the Panna/Mukta and Tapti fields, from which gas has been diverted by the government to state-run GAIL India. Reliance along with state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corporation and BG Group of UK are the operators of the PMT fields lying in Mumbai offshore and till last month marketed gas from the fields in proportion to their shareholding.
The consortium of Oil and Natural Gas Corp, Reliance Industries and BG Group of UK will continue selling gas from Panna/Mukta and Tapti fields to state-run gas firm GAIL
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