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Reliance, BP to develop deepest gas find in KG-D6 block by 2022

MJ, or D55, development is the third project that the partners have taken up to revive flagging natural gas production from KG-D6 block.

June 11, 2019 / 19:56 IST
     
     
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    Reliance Industries and its partner BP plc of UK June 11 announced sanction for development of their deepest gas discovery in the eastern offshore KG-D6 block. MJ, or D55, development is the third project that the partners have taken up to revive flagging natural gas production from KG-D6 block.

    "Together the three projects are expected to develop a total of about 3 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of discovered gas resources with a total investment of circa Rs 35,000 crore ($5 billion)," the companies said in a statement.

    These projects together, when fully developed, will bring about 1 billion cubic feet a day of new domestic gas onstream, phased over 2020-2022, they added.

    Disclaimer: “Reliance Industries Ltd. is the sole beneficiary of Independent Media Trust which controls Network18 Media & Investments Ltd.”

    PTI
    first published: Jun 11, 2019 07:50 pm

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