Production at India's largest gas fields Bassein and Panna/Mukta and Tapti in Mumbai offshore has been stopped, following flooding of Oil and Natural Gas Corp's processing plant at Hazira in Gujarat.
There was no confirmation from the district administration of reports that the fire was apparently caused by a rupture in the 36-inch Uran-Mumbai gas pipeline.
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation will restart its flood-hit Hazira gas plant in Gujarat on August 19, two-days ahead of schedule to avert a fuel supply crisis particularly for CNG operations in New Delhi.
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation hopes to resume gas processing at its Hazira plant, whose closure due to floods had reduced the country's gas supplies by half, by August 14 or 15 as water has started receding from the facility.
The blaze erupted around 7 am in the gas processing plant of the ONGC located in Uran area of neighbouring Navi Mumbai, an official said.
"There is no change in situation. It may take a couple of days for the water to recede and restart of the facility," an ONGC official said.\n\n
Petroleum Minister Murli Deora reviewed the impact of floods in Gujarat on oil installations and supply of products on Thursday.
Mumbai High during normal days produces 2,42,000 barrel per day (bpd) of crude oil while another 70,000 bpd is contributed by Heera and Neelam fields. The rest comes from South Bassein field, all lying off the west coast. Natural gas production from these fields had fallen to almost nil, impacting supply to industry and city gas operations in Mumbai.
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