Commercial production of gas in Burma’s two blocks will start in mid 2010, Chairman and managing director of Gail India, Proshanto Banerjee said on Wednesday in New Delhi.

“Shwe and Shwe Phyu in Block A-1, two gas blocks where GAIL holds 10 per cent stakes, has a reserve of 161 to 283 billion cubic meters and its production will start from July 2010,” Banerjee said.

The feasibility study for field development showed that the three fields, Shwe and Shwe Phyu in Block A-1, and Mya field in Block A-3 could yield about 16 million cubic meters of gas daily for 20 to 25 years, the GAIL MD said.

“GAIL estimates that during the course of commercial production 16 million cubic meters of gas would be produced per day.”

“GAIL is still studying how to ship gas from the two blocks to India and one of the proposals is to build a pipeline from Burma to northeast India bypassing Bangladesh,” he added.