Faced by severe shortage of gas to its fertiliser plants, Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative has again knocked on the doors of the department of fertilisers to give the matter some serious thought this time.
Iffco has alerted DoF about the critical shortage of gas for its fertiliser plants at Kalol and Aonla in Gujarat. Reportedly, the requirement of gas at the Kalol unit is around 1.2 mmscmd. However, gas supply from ONGC`s Mehsana gas fields in Gujarat through Gail (India) Ltd has reduced to 0.1 mmscmd. Alternate arrangements for supply of R-LNG with Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation Ltd for 0.55 mmscmd were made but not extended by GSPCL after the agreement expired in May 2007. Presently, Kalol is being run on spot gas and naphtha.
Shortage in gas supply at Iffco's Aonla unit is being supplemented with spot gas and naphtha, but presently even spot gas is not available. Even after using naphtha wherever possible, Aonla has not been able to operate at full capacity.
Iffco has now requested DoF that gas from the Panna-Mukta-Tapti fields should be diverted to its fertiliser plants. Gail has the marketing rights of the total quantity of PMT gas which is around 16 mmscmd. Iffco claims that it requires 1.0 mmscmd at Kalol and 1.5 mmscmd at Aonla of PMT gas in order to operate at full capacity to meet the approved production targets.

— ProjectsWire