It said Tapti block produced higher gas volumes of 1,133 MMSCM and 77,400 tonnes of condensate, registering a growth of 97 per cent and 133 per cent respectively over the corresponding period of the previous year. Panna-Mukta fields produced 321,600 tonnes of crude oil and 353 MMSCM of natural gas, a decrease of 30 per cent and 27 per cent respectively as compared with the corresponding period of the previous year. The decrease in production at Panna-Mukta was due to a shutdown in June 2008 in the PPA process platform.

The Jamnagar refinery processed 8.13 million tonnes of crude, a utilistion rate of 98.5 per cent as compared with 8.01 million tonnes in the corresponding period of the previous year. Average refinery utilisation was at 85.6 per cent in North America, 83.7 per cent in Europe and 83.5 per cent in the Asia-Pacific region.