The standalone net profit of Reliance Industries (RIL) rose 6 percent in 2012-13 on a year-on-year (y-o-y) basis to Rs 21,003 crore, while its revenue rose 9.2 percent to Rs 3.71 trillion. The company attributed the growth in earnings largely to strong and improved refining margins during the year
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RIL submits proposal to relinquish low prospectivity area
Reliance Industries (RIL) has submitted to the government a proposal to relinquish low prospectivity area in its eastern offshore KG-D6 block, the company informed this in an investor presentation. Out of a total of 7,645 sq km in KG-DWN-98/3 or KG-D6 block, only 3,412 square kilometer of area will be retained, the firm
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RIL’s US shale assets produce 11 mmscmd gas
Reliance Industries (RIL) produces 11 million standard cubic metre per day (mmscmd) of natural gas from its shale gas operations in the United States. This is higher than the company's share of 9.6 mmscmd gas from its Krishna Godavari basin (KG D6) in the Bay of Bengal. While gas output from KG Basin is a littl
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RIL, BP chiefs meet PM to discuss investment plans
Reliance Industries (RIL) Chairman Mukesh Ambani and Bob Dudley, head of global energy firm BP met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and some government officials recently to discuss their investment plans. The two companies, that are jointly operating the KG D6 gas basin in Andhra Pradesh, asked government to clarify regulatory issues plaguing the oil and gas secto
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RIL shuts another well at KG D6 block, output falls
According to a latest report of the Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH), Reliance Industries (RIL) shut its ninth well - A1 - on the Krishna Godavari (KG)-D6 block for "reservoir build-up study. The closure of the well resulted in the gas output from the block falling to an all-time low of 15.5 million standard cubic metre per
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RIL finds another reservoir below KG-D6 basin
In a development that may increase output from Reliance Industries' (RIL) KG D6 basin, the company said it discovered another reservoir of natural gas below its existing fields in the basin. Although the company could not ascertain the potential output at the reservoir as it is still drilling in the region, some reports indicate that the new reserve could
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Ministry wants panel to discuss gas supply to power plants
Union Power Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia asked AK Antony, Chairman of the Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) on 'Gas Pricing and Commercial Utilisation of Gas' to convene a meeting of the panel to restore natural gas supply to power plants. Scindia has called for the meeting as around 13 power plants with an aggregate electricity generation capacity of 5,200 megawatt are closed because of lack of g
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CAG team resumes audit of RIL’s KG-D6 operation
Following assurance from the union petroleum ministry, the officials of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) resumed audit of the KG-D6 gas field operated by Reliance Industries (RIL). Recently, the team of CAG arrived at the Mumbai officie of RIL for this purpose. The CAG received assurance from the oil ministry that the auditing team would have acce
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India’s natural gas import may rise
Reports indicate that India's dependence on import for natural gas may increase in the coming years because of the dwindling output from the Reliance Industries' KG D6 basin. Output at the KG-D6 basin declined to an all-time low of 17.3 million standard cubic meters per day (mmscmd) recently. Of this, about 15.2 mmscmd was suppl
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Govt resolves issues with RIL on CAG audit
Union Petroleum Secretary Vivek Rae informed reporters that the government resolved the audit issue pertaining to the operation of Reliance Industries (RIL)in the Krishna Godavari (KG) D6 basin. Speaking at the sidelines of a CII Annual General Meeting (AGM), Rae said RIL agreed to a Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) audit on its operation in KG-D6 fi