Reliance Industries Ltd. and BP said on Monday they have started production from a gas field in block KG D6 off the east coast of India.
A press statement said the two companies are developing three deep-water gas developments in block KG D6--R Cluster, Satellite Cluster and MJ--which together are expected to produce around 30 mmscmd (1 billion cubic feet a day) of natural gas by 2023, meeting up to 15 per cent of India’s gas demand.
The Satellite Cluster is the second of the three developments to come onstream, following the start-up of R Cluster in December 2020. The field will produce gas from four reservoirs utilising a total of five wells and is expected to reach gas production of up to 6 mmscmd. The R Cluster and Satellite Cluster together are expected to contribute to about 20 per cent of India’s current gas production, said the statement.