Domestic natural gas production increased 19.1% to 2,769 million standard cubic metre (mscm) in May on a year-on-year (y-o-y) basis, mainly due to higher production from Reliance Industries and BP’s ultra-deep-water field in the KG-D6 Block of the Krishna Godavari basin on the east coast.
The output had fallen 8.1% y-o-y to 28,670.6 mscm in FY21. Indigenous natural gas production caters to about 51% of the country’s requirements, while around 85% of the country’s crude oil is imported. The 2.5 million tonne (MT) of crude oil produced in the country during the month was 1.9% lower than the production in the year-ago period.
