Minister of State for Petroleum Panabaaka Lakshmi informed Lok Sabha that the actual cumulative natural gas production at Reliance Industries' (RIL) D-1, D-3 fields of KG D6 Block up to March 31, 2012, was 1.584 trillion cubic feet against the projected 2.030 trillion cubic feet. The decline in output in 2011-12 is attributed to water or sand ingress in six out of the total 18 gas producing wells in the D-1 and D
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RIL to drill probe well in KG D6
Niko Resources informed that its partner Reliance Industries (RIL) has spud its first exploration well in more than five years on the flagging natural gas fields in KG-D6 block. Niko is the minority partner of RIL in the Krishna Godavari basin block. RIL has spud the MJ-1 exploration well on the Dhirubhai-1 and 3 gas fields in the KG-DWN-98/3 or KG-D6 block in its efforts to explore new reserves to supplement falling
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Govt gets Rs 518 cr dividend from Oil India
For the financial year 2012-13, the central government received a dividend of Rs 518.65 crore from state-run exploration firm Oil India (OIL). Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas M Veerappa Moily received the cheque from SK Srivastava, Chairman and Managing Director of OIL towards interim dividend at 110 percent for the financial year, the company said in a state
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Govt clears exploration in some oil and gas blocks
At a recent meeting of the National Secretary Advisor Shivshankar Menon and Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Pulok Chatterji, it was decided to clear Reliance Industries' (RIL) producing KG-D6 block and gas discovery area NEC-26. The meeting, held on February 27, decided to clear fully the exploration and production at the blocks and also
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CAG complains against RIL to oil ministry
Reports indicate that the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) wrote to the union petroleum minister M Veerappa Moily that Reliance Industries (RIL) was not cooperating with the audit of the spending on the flagging KG-D6 fields. It is learnt that the company declined to share the documents related to its legal case against the oil mini
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RIL, BP bank on $5 bn investment to reverse fall in output
According to a joint statement from Reliance Industries (RIL) and BP, their jointly proposed $5 billion investment includes testing of a new layer of natural gas under the rapidly depleting fields in the KG-D6 fields. Both the firms agreed to invest jointly of $5 billion in the next few years to boost natural gas output in the flagging Krishna Godavari (KG) D6 basin gradually from 201
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RIL, BP bank on $5 bn investment to reverse fall in output
According to a joint statement from Reliance Industries (RIL) and BP, their jointly proposed $5 billion investment includes testing of a new layer of natural gas under the rapidly depleting fields in the KG-D6 fields. Both the firms agreed to invest jointly of $5 billion in the next few years to boost natural gas output in the flagging Krishna Godavari (KG) D6 basin gradually from 201
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CAG, RIL differ on audit of KG D6 block
Media reports suggest that the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India and Reliance Industries (RIL) are sparring over the scope of the audit for the KG-D6 natural gas fields. On January 17, the CAG has reportedly wrote to the oil ministry saying that RIL was not co-operating with the auditors due to differences over the scope of the audit
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CAG, RIL differ on audit of KG D6 block
Media reports suggest that the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India and Reliance Industries (RIL) are sparring over the scope of the audit for the KG-D6 natural gas fields. On January 17, the CAG has reportedly wrote to the oil ministry saying that RIL was not co-operating with the auditors due to differences over the scope of the audit
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RIL gets no order to stop work at KG block
Government has not ordered Reliance Industries (RIL) to stop work at any of its KG-D6 gas fields and other blocks that figure in the list of 14 areas that have been classified as "No-Go" areas by the Defence Ministry, company sources said. It may be noted that RIL's KG-DWN-98/3 or KG-D6 block is declared as "No-Go" as it overlaps with a prop