BG Group Plc, the U.K. s third- largest gas producer, shut crude oil and natural gas output from the Panna-Mukta fields off India s west coast on July 20 after a leak in a sub-sea pipeline.
The company halted about 35,000 barrels a day of oil and 205 million cubic feet a day of gas production, the company said in an e-mail today. BG hasn t decided when operations will resume, according to the statement.
Inclement weather conditions have caused the restoration work to progress at a slow rate, the company said in the statement. It is difficult to set a firm date for resuming production. Reliance Industries Ltd., India s most valuable company, and Oil & Natural Gas Corp., the country s biggest explorer, are BG s partners in the field.
BG had previously shut the field on July 29, 2009, after a leak in under-water pipelines, according to Edel McCaffrey, a U.K.-based spokeswoman at BG. Production was restarted after two-weeks.
The company halted about 35,000 barrels a day of oil and 205 million cubic feet a day of gas production, the company said in an e-mail today. BG hasn t decided when operations will resume, according to the statement.
Inclement weather conditions have caused the restoration work to progress at a slow rate, the company said in the statement. It is difficult to set a firm date for resuming production. Reliance Industries Ltd., India s most valuable company, and Oil & Natural Gas Corp., the country s biggest explorer, are BG s partners in the field.
BG had previously shut the field on July 29, 2009, after a leak in under-water pipelines, according to Edel McCaffrey, a U.K.-based spokeswoman at BG. Production was restarted after two-weeks.
