Reliance's KG-D6 output drops to below 15-rnmscmd

摘要

Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL) has reported that natural gas production at its eastern offshore K.G-D6 fields dropped to less than 15 million standard cubic metres per day (mmscmd), the lowest level since starting output in April 2009. RIL produced a total of 14.83-mmscmd from Dhirubhai-1 and 3 (D1&D3) gas fields and MA oil and gas field in the KG-DWN-98/3 or KG-D6 block in Bay of Bengal in the week ended May 26, according to a status report of the Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH). RIL has shut half of the 18 wells on Dl & D3 field due to high water and sand ingress and a third of 6 wells on MA field due to the same reason. The report said Dl & D3 fields produced 11.05-mmscmd of gas while the rest came from MA field. Output at Dl & D3 field has dropped from 12.35-mmscmd in March and 11.85-mmscmd in April. MA field produced an average of 5,709 barrels of oil in the week ending May 26. RIL has so far drilled 22 wells on Dl & D3 fields but has put only 18 on production so far. Half of these wells are now shut.