India has approved state owned Oil & Natural Gas Commission's proposal to develop Mukta oil and gas field off the western coast at a cost of about $935 million.
Production is to peak at 40,000 b/d of oil and 46 MMcfd of associated gas.
That would make Mukta India's third biggest producing field. The nearby Bombay High complex produces more than 400,000 b/d of oil, about two thirds of India's production. India recently approved a 120,000 b/d full development plan for Neelam field, also off the western coast (OGJ, Aug. 27, p. 18).
Development timetable was not disclosed.
Plans call for drilling 50 wells, including three subsea completions, and installation of six wellhead platforms, processing complex, and water injection platforms.
Oil will move from the field via tanker and gas via pipeline to Panna field to link with the South Bassein-Hazira trunkline to Hazira onshore gas processing plant.
Mukta field consists of two geologically complex structures-B-57 discovered in August 1981 and B-19 discovered in April 1989-that cover a combined area of 125 sq km. ONGC drilled 11 wells on B-57 and two on B19. Mukta, 35 km east of Bombay High, has about 545 million bbl of oil in place.
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