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India Energy Conference 2008
Natural Gas: An Overview
R K Batra
Distinguished Fellow, TERI
3-4 October, 2008
Ready Reckoner
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4 MMSCMD (or 1 MMTPA LNG) is required to feed a
1000 MW modern power station for 1 year
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Crude oil at $100 per barrel is equivalent to $ 17 per
MMBtu
Gas supply scenario till 2011-12
(MMSCMD)
ONGC
OIL
JVC/PVT.
Present*
60.8
6.4
21.2
By 2011-12
51.0
97.0
(RIL: 80)
LNG
Pipeline
imports
Total
* Provisional
28.6
-
52.0
-
117.0
200.0
Gas Reserves 2007
BCM
Onshore
270
Offshore
785 (incl. RIL KG Basin)
TOTAL
1055 (R/P ratio: 33 years)
Major reserves claimed in KG Basin
TCF
BCM
DGH approved so far
11.30
400
400
GSPC
5.60
200
56
ONGC
6.37
220
70
RIL
Issues in establishing more reserves and development of fields/
infrastructure: Paucity of rigs, high hire charge for rigs, capital
intensive.
Gas demand scenario till 2011-12 (MMSCMD)
* Present
consumption
Short
supply
Fuel
conversion/
stranded/
closed assets
Greenfield
projects
Power
33.0
30.0
10.0
62.0
Fertilizer
27.0
9.0
24.0
16.0
Industry
9.0
N.A
15.0
9.0
-
16.0
-
21.0
Captive/LPG
Petrochemicals
4.0
Transport/domestic
3.0
-
Sponge iron units
6.0
22.0
Misc.
6.0
N.A
N.A
Total
103.0
70.0
34.0
115.0
Cumulative
103.0
173.0
207.0
322.0
Supply by 2012
*Provisional
200.0
Gas Demand scenario till 2024-32
(MMSCMD)
2024-25
EIA 2004 Ref case
High case
Low case
195
225
155
IEA 2004
259
IHV 2000
391
PWC
– BAU
– HOG
2031-32
488
738
IEP 2006 – Low
– High
Current demand (met + unsatisfied): 207
342
672
Transnational gas pipelines
Issues: Gas reserves certification, field development, well-head price,
construction/ ownership of pipeline, security, transportation & transit fees etc.
Quantity MMSCMD
Myanmar-India
Iran-Pakistan-India
(IPI)
Pakistan:
India:
Price
16
Awarded to China. $4.279 per
MMBtu well-head price + transit
fee + 2,380 km pipeline by China
30
30
60
$5.0 per MMBtu (2004, crude $60
per brl) at Indo-Pak border & tpt/
transit fees to Pakistan.
TurkmenistanAfghanistan: 14
AfghanistanPakistan:
38
Pakistan-India (TAPI) India:
38
90
$12.30 per MMBtu?
Oman-India sub-sea
pipeline
Well-head price? Pipeline tariff
$1.30 per MMBtu
63
LNG terminals
Location
Company
Dahej
Petronet LNG
6.5 (12.5 by
2010/11)
Hazira
Shell/TOTAL
2.5
Spot LNG purchases.
Merchant sales
Dhabol
Ratnagiri Gas
Power Projects
Ltd.
5.0
Breakwater by 2011?
Steep cost escalation.
LNG terminal to be hived
off? Spot purchases.
Kochi
Petronet LNG
2.5
Negotiations with Exxon,
Australia. Commissioning
2012/13.
Total
Capacity
(MMTPA)
16.5 to 22.5
Comments
Rasgas contracts
Natural gas prices at wellhead/landfall
pt/fob
$ / MMBtu
APM priority customers
2.10 (Rs.3200 per TCM)
Other APM customers
2.45
Pre-NELP/NELP (PSCs)
3.50 to 5.75
Reliance KG Basin
4.20 (5 years)
Petronet LNG
5.0
Addl.1.5
MMTPA
MMTPA
Addl. 2.5 MMTPA
2.53 fob till 12/08 JCC adjusted from 1/09
Contract from 7/07 till 9/09. Price 8.50 fob till
12/08
JCC adjusted from 9/09
Spot LNG purchases: Petronet/
Shell etc.
20.00 to 25.00 fob
GAIL pipeline tariff
0.75
The Petroleum & Natural Gas Regulatory Board Bill
2005
Key Functions of the Board relating to Natural Gas
Marketing
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Register entities to market gas, subject to contractual obligations of GoI
LNG terminals
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Register entities to establish and operate
Common or contract carrier pipelines
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Authorized entities to lay, build, operate
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Declare as Common or Contract carrier
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Regulate access and set terms for determining tariff
City or local gas distribution networks
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Authorize entities to lay, build, operate
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Regulate access and set terms for determining tariff
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Monitor prices
Technical standards & specifications (incl. Safety)
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Lay down above, including pipeline access code
Key powers of Central Government
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May issue policy directives to the Board
Final say on whether a question is one of policy or not
Gas Utilization Policy of GoI 2008
Priority allocation
Existing plants (incl. Greenfield projects
Stranded/ closed/
Fuel conversion)
Fertilizer
1
7
LPG/ Petrochemicals
2
8
Power
3
11
City gas
4
9
Refineries
5
10
Industry
(sponge iron/ ceramics etc.)
6
?
Overall comments
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Demand till 2012: Present consumption = unmet current demand
= greenfield projects (approx. 100 MMSCMD each)
Demand till 2024-32: Vary considerably. Some (foreign ones)
unrealistically low.
Utilization policy of GoI: Priority to existing plants. Drivers: fuel
economics and the environment.. Some unanswered questions
Supply: To reach 200 MMSCMD by 2012 if legal issues between
RIL, RNRL & NTPC are sorted out. No gas for greenfield projects?
Availability of rigs?
All India gas grid: Organic growth vs. Master Plan. No plans for
gas storage
Transnational pipelines: Very slow progress Price/fee issues
unresolved. Geo-political concerns.
LNG: New supplies of LNG hard to find. Is India prepared to pay
the price?
Regulatory Board: Currently addressing city gas distribution
issues. Work on pipelines in hand.
India’s carbon footprint: Will reduce with extensive use of
natural gas
Thank you