NTPC is likely to sign contracts to buy an additional 1.51 mmscmd of gas from
Reliance Industries (RIL) at government-approved price of $4.2 per (approx Rs
186.9) mmBtu.
The additional gas is likely to be used at NTPC's Anta and Auriya plants in
Rajasthan, Dadri unit in Uttar Pradesh and Faridabad plant in Haryana.
While the Union Government had allocated 4.46 mmscmd of gas from RIL's
eastern offshore KG-D6 field, NTPC has so far signed only for 1.81 mmscmd. Of
the 4.46 mmscmd allocated to NTPC, 2.65 mmscmd was for its Kawas and Gandhar
power plants in Gujarat. But NTPC did not want to use KG-D6 gas at these plants
since it was in litigation with the RIL over fuel supplies to expansion projects
planned at these sites.
Also See:
NTPC,
CIL JV plan two power plants in Jharkhand (15-April-10)