MUSCAT: The industrial projects consumed 63.8 per cent of the natural gas uses in the Sultanate by the end of January 2017. The total natural gas production and imports stood at 3.424 billion cubic metres. The statistics released by the National Centre for Statistics and Information pointed out that the natural gas uses as of the end of 2017 stood at 2.183 billion cubic metres, a decline by 0.7 per cent compared to 2.199 billion cubic metres in the corresponding period last year. The oilfields’ gas uses stood at 693 million cubic metres (mcm); a decline by 15.1 per cent compared 816 mcm in 2016.
The oilfields’ use of natural gas included 264 mcm as fuel, 259 mcm for oilfield injection, 125 mcm for feedstock, 45 mcm for other uses, which include waste, differences in metres and contraction factor. Power plants also consumed 495 mcm; a decline by 4.6 per cent. The industrial estates use of natural gas increased by 6.8 per cent to hit 53 mcm. It should be noted that the natural gas non associated production including import stood at 2.859 billion cubic metres compared to 565 mcm for the oil associated production. — ONA
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