RIL, BP start production from 2nd gas field in KG-D6

NEW DELHI: Reliance Industries and its partner BP on Monday announced the start of gas production from the second set of new discoveries in the eastern offshore KG-D6 block.

and BP, which had commenced output from R Cluster in December last year, started production from the Satellite Cluster, the two companies said. “Satellite Cluster field comes onstream two months ahead of schedule despite Covid challenges,” it said.

The start of production augurs well for country that is looking to raise the share of natural gas in its energy basket from 6.2 per cent currently to 15 per cent by 2030, to help cut carbon emissions.

RIL and BP are developing three deep-water gas developments in block KG-D6 — R Cluster, Satellite Cluster and MJ — which together are expected to produce around 30 million standard cubic meters per day of natural gas by 2023, meeting up to 15 per cent of India’s gas demand.

Reliance is the operator of the block with a 66.7 per cent participating interest and BP holds the remaining 33.3 per cent. The field is located about 60 km from the existing onshore terminal at Kakinada, in Andhra Pradesh in water depths of up to 1,850 meters. The third KG D6 development, MJ, is expected to come onstream towards the latter half of 2022.