TAPTI OFFSHORE GAS FIELD

Dec. 9, 2018

According to a top official, it would take at least two years to fully decommission the Tapti offshore gas field.

About:

  • Panna, Mukta (both oil fields) and Tapti (gas field) are located offshore to the south of Gulf of Khambhat, off the west coast of India in the Arabian Sea.

  • Tapti field covering an area of 1471 sq.kms lies 160 km north-north west of the Mumbai city.

  • It lies approximately in a water depth of 20 M on the northeast flank of Surat depression, of Mumbai Offshore Basin.

  • The block comprises of two fields South Tapti and Mid Tapti, which occur in two large structural culminations.

  • Tapti would be the country’s first offshore field to be decommissioned.

Source : The Hindu

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