After ONGC fire, Mahagenco looks to alternative sources for fuel
Following the fire that claimed four lives at ONGC’s oil and gas processing plant at Uran near Navi Mumbai on Tuesday, Maharashtra Power Generation Company Ltd (Mahagenco) is procuring gas from GAIL. Gas supply to Mahagenco’s 672 MW power plant was hit.
However, supply to ONGC’s other consumers such as Mahanagar Gas Ltd (MGL) has been fully restored. MGL supplies piped cooking gas to residential consumers and CNG for automobile fuel in Mumbai region.
A team from the ONGC top management is visiting the gas processing facility for damage assessment.
Mahagenco, a State-owned utility operates the gas-based power plant, located about 6 km away from ONGC’s facility, has four units of 108 MW and two units of 120 MW.
