GAIL (India) Ltd has said it is not possible to pool the price of natural gas sourced from different fields and sell it at a uniform price to all sectors. This effectively opposes a plan by the petroleum ministry to move to a pooled price regime. GAIL has submitted a report to the ministry stating that the different types of consumers and the different prices at which gas producers sell it come in the way of such a plan. Consumers include the power, fertilizer and petrochemical sectors and city households.

Gas from the Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL)-operated KG D6 field in the Krishna-Godavari basin is priced at US $4.20 per million British thermal unit (mmBtu), compared with US $1.82 per mmBtu for gas produced by ONGC and Oil India.

Gas from the BG Group Plc-operated Panna-Mukta-Tapti fields US $5.73 per mmBtu while Ravva off the Andhra Pradesh coast is priced at US $5.50 per mmBtu.

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