Reliance Industries Ltd has sought a minimum supply of 3.6 million standard cubic meters per day of gas for its petrochemical plants from the Panna/Mukta and Tapti fields, from which gas has been diverted by the government to state-run GAIL India.
Reliance along with state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corporation and BG Group of UK are the operators of the PMT fields lying in Mumbai offshore and till last month marketed gas from the fields in proportion to their shareholding.
The Mukesh Ambani-run firm's petrochemical plants got 5.2 mmscmd of gas from the PMT fields, RIL President and CEO -- Petroleum P M S Prasad wrote to petroleum secretary.
"PMT joint venture currently has commitment to supply around 2 mmscmd to RIL petrochemical plant at Hazira and about 1.9 mmscmd to (its subsidiary)
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