Oil PSU officers defy court order to strike; supply unaffected

Press Trust of India
Posted: Thursday, Jan 08, 2009 at 2245 hrs IST
Updated: Thursday, Jan 08, 2009 at 2245 hrs IST

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ONGC and GAIL blamed each other for the shutdown of Bassein and adjoining gas fields. While GAIL chairman U D Choubey blamed ONGC for “reducing gas supply pressure from its field at 0230 hrs and then grinding it to a halt at 0600 hrs", ONGC officials said GAIL refused to take supplies leading to build up of pipeline pressure which forced the fields to be shutdown.

About 29 million standard cubic meters per day of gas from South Bassein and satellite fields and another 15-16 mmscmd from privately operated Panna/Mukta and Tapti fields was impacted. Reliance Industries-British Gas operated PMT fields was producing only 1.5 mmscmd.

GAIL officers shutdown the Hazira gas processing facility that feeds the nation’s main trunk pipeline to Jagdishpur(HVJ).

But ONGC’s Uran gas processing plant in Maharashtra continued to operate, receiving 12-13 mmscmd gas from Bombay High, Neelam and Heera fields. The strike resulted in truncated production from the prime Mumbai High fields. During normal times, Mumbai High produces about 240,000 bpd, Neelam and Heera another 72,000 bpd and 24,000-25,000 bpd is produced by South Bassein. Their combined production today was 242,000 barrels. The high courts of Delhi and Guwahati have restrained officers from going on strike but OSOA said it would not be constrained by the high court stay. ...

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Posted by praveen on 2009-01-08 19:26:41.036548+05:30
OIL PSU EMPLOYEES HAVE GONE ON STRIKE AS THE LAST RESORT AFTER CONTINUEOUS betrayal OF TRUST AND denial of the genuine demands of the employees BY THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM. As a hidden agenda, certain bureaucrats of the ministry are infact favouring Reliance and other private petroleum companies by not providing a respectable pay revision. Every year, huge chunk of experienced manpower is drawn by these private oil companies from these oil PSUs. Where from these private player get such experienced manpower if govt gives a reasonably pay revision.It is a misconception that employees of PSUs work less and are paid a handsome amount. At least, it is not so so far as the PSU I am working with is concerned. Is it posible to maintain the books of accounts of a company in true and fair condition without working hard whose trunover runs in billions? Similarly a plant / refinery of 5000 Crores cannot be run without the excellent and skilled manpower. What`s is wrong then, if we are asking for at least a reasonable pay revision after a period of 12 Years -Praveen - surat

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