The Union government has on August 29 gave its approval to Reliance Industries and its partners to invest $4 billion in the R-Series gas-field of KG-D6 block. BP Plc and Niko Resources are the Reliance Industries partners. R-series is a cluster of four discoveries in the block, of which, D-34 has been declared commercially viable.
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Govt okays RIL-BP’s plan to invest $3.18 bn in KG-D6 block
A plan of Reliance Industries and BP has been approved by the Union government to invest $3.18 billion in R-series gas field in the KG-D6 basin in Andhra Pradesh, which is expected to produce up to 13 million standard cubic metre gas, said the government and industry officials. As per the approved plan, the field is estimated to hold about 1.2 trillion cubic feet of recoverable gas reserves.
Reliance to invest $3.18 bn in KG block gas field
Reliance Industries, the operator of Krishna Godavari-D6 (KG-D6) block with 60 per cent interest, plans to invest $3.18 billion in R-Series gas field in the KG-D6 block as it looks to reverse the decline in output by quickly bringing in new fields on production. The company estimates that output from KG-D6 can reach up to 60 mmscmd by 2019 when all of the satellite fields are put into production.

