India's government has approved Oil & Natural Gas Commission's proposed $1.335 billion full development plan for Neelam offshore field.
Neelam, the biggest oil field off India's western coast after Bombay High, is expected to produce as much as 120,000 b/d of oil.
Meanwhile, ONGC has submitted a proposal to develop the PY-3 oil and gas discovery off Tamil Nadu, 55 km northeast of Nagapattinam.
The PY-3-2 discovery well yielded about 4,000 b/d of oil and 3.5 MMcfd of gas.
ONGC considers the Neelam project a key to meeting production goals under its eighth fiscal planning period, 1990-95.
Development timetable was not disclosed.
The field, covering the overlapping B-131 and B-132 structures, currently produces from four wells through temporary facilities. It is about 45 km southwest of Bombay.
Development will involve installation of 11 wellhead platforms, an oil and gas processing platform complex, and a water injection platform, as well as a gas lift facility.
Plans call for about 90 wells to be drilled and separate subsea pipelines for liquids, water, and gas.
Two feeder lines will link Neelam with the trunk pipeline to Heera Uran.
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