ONGC expects to start production from the North Tapti marginal gas field this month

ONGC expects to start production from the North Tapti marginal gas field this month, subject to approval from the upstream regulator.

Taken up for development at an estimated cost of Rs 580 crore exactly two years ago, gas production from the field is estimated at a maximum of 1.8 million metric standard cubic metre a day (mmscmd).

The public sector oil and gas major was in the final stages of linking the two production platforms with the gas processing centre operated by Cairn India