據天然氣加工網站10月7日消息 印度石油部長普拉丹表示，印度將允許從當地新油田生產天然氣的公司在電子競標平臺上出售清潔燃料，此舉有望幫助它們獲得更好的價格并提高產量。

印度希望到2030年將天然氣在其能源結構中的比重從現在的6.2%提高到15%，但目前其1.6-1.7億標準立方米的天然氣日需求量的一半依賴進口。

普拉丹說，新的、更加透明的價格發現機制將有助于將東海岸克里希納-戈達瓦里盆地和該國其他地區的天然氣日產量提高4000萬標準立方米。

信實工業和石油天然氣公司（ONGC）在克里希納-戈達瓦里盆地經營區塊。

普拉丹在新聞發布會上說：“通過電子招標平臺獲得的定價將適用于2019年2月后批準油田開發計劃的天然氣發現。”

他說，油氣總局將為平臺制定指導方針，但他沒有透露電子招標機制何時啟動。

這位部長還表示，國有石油天然氣公司和印度石油公司運營的老區塊天然氣的現行定價方式將繼續執行。

上個月，印度將這些區塊的天然氣價格下調了約四分之一，至1.79美元/每百萬英熱單位，為2014年以來最低。

吳恒磊 編譯自 天然氣加工

原文如下：

India introduces new gas marketing mechanism to help producers

India will let companies producing gas from new local fields sell the cleaner fuel on e-bidding platforms, oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan said, in a move expected to help them get better prices and boost output.

India wants to raise the share of gas in its energy mix to 15% by 2030 from 6.2% now but it currently relies on imports for half of its daily gas needs of 160-170 million standard cubic meters (mmscm).

Pradhan said the new, more transparent price discovery mechanism would help raise daily gas production from the Krishna Godavari basin on the east coast and other parts of the country by 40 mmscm.

Reliance Industries and Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) operate blocks in the Krishna Godavari Basin.

“Pricing obtained through the e-bidding platforms will be applicable to the gas discoveries whose field development plan was approved after February 2019,” Pradhan told a news conference.

He said the directorate general of Hydrocarbons would set guidelines for the platforms, though he did not say when the e-bidding mechanism would start.

The minister also said the existing fixed-price formula for gas produced from old blocks operated by state-owned ONGC and Oil India Ltd would continue.

India slashed prices of gas from those blocks last month by about a quarter to $1.79 per million metric British thermal units (mmBtu), the lowest since 2014.