Tag: Reliance Industries

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Reliance interested to invest more in Malaysia

Reliance interested to invest more in Malaysia

Reliance Industries is keen to invest more capital in Malaysia to explore new domains. The company, which acquired BP PlcÂ’s Malaysian petrochemical oil and gas processing plant in Kuantan for $230 million in September, is bullish about its prospects in the South-East Asian nation.

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Gas output in KG-D6 declines further

Gas output in KG-D6 declines further

IndiaÂ’s biggest gas producing fields in the Krishna Godavari basin (KG-D6), controlled by Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries (RIL) and UKÂ’s BP, has reached its lowest output levels since its inception.

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Gas output may decline in FY13

Gas output may decline in FY13

A recent report from the oil ministry shows that India's natural gas production may decline to around 104 mmscmd in 2012-13 from 114.90 mmscmd in the previous fiscal. The report attributes the possible decline in gas output mainly to the fall in KG-D6 output to 23 mmscmd from over 30 mmscmd last year. The report also expects a sharp rise in imports of lique

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BP, RIL start drilling well on satellite fields

BP, RIL start drilling well on satellite fields

As part of its plan to develop four satellite gas fields for $1.529 billion, UK-based energy major BP started drilling a well on the D-19 field, also called Satellite-1 field. The field is located around the now producing Dhirubhai-1 and 3 or D1&D3 fields in the Krishna Godavari basi

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DGH insists on separate testing at discoveries

DGH insists on separate testing at discoveries

Reports suggest that two months ago Reliance Industries (RIL) and its partner BP proposed to do a single Drill-Stem Test (DST) on their three finds -D-29, 30 and 31 at KG basin- to establish them as commercially viable finds. However, it is learnt that the Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH) rejected the proposal as it feels that

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RIL, BP secure oil supply tenders from Egypt

RIL, BP secure oil supply tenders from Egypt

Reliance Industries (RIL) and its British partner BP secured large crude oil supply tenders from Egypt for 2013. Reports suggest that RIL secured the bulk (18 cargoes) on offer from EgyptÂ’s Ras Gharib terminal, winning around 1.5 million tonne of the heavy crude. BP managed to get 15 cargoes in 2013, amounting to 1.2 million

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RIL to conduct maintenance of Jamnagar unit

RIL to conduct maintenance of Jamnagar unit

Reports indicate that Reliance Industries (RIL) planned to conduct maintenance operation at its newer 580,000 barrels-per-day (bpd) Jamnagar refining complex in January. Consequently, the company plans to close its crude distillation unit and a secondary unit temporarily. The company is planning to shut a 13.5 metric tonne per annum (270

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Indonesian firm buys stake from RIL

Indonesian firm buys stake from RIL

PT Medco Energi Internasional of Indonesia bought the entire stake of Reliance Industries (RIL) in an exploration block in Yemen for about $90 million closing the deal which was announced in January. With this deal, Medco Energi will effectively have 21.25 percent participating interest (after taking into account a proportionate carried share of Yemen Oil and Gas Corp

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RIL bats for linking gas price to market

RIL bats for linking gas price to market

In order to encourage firms to produce natural gas from technologically challenging ultra deepsea, Reliance Industries (RIL) requested a committee headed by C Rangarajan to propose market-linked pricing.C Rangarajan, who is the Chairman of Prime Ministers' Economic Advisory Council, is heading a committee that is formed to examine terms of future contracts for explo