Operations
Conventional
In 2002, Reliance struck gas in the D1-D3 field of KG D6 block. These fields were put on production in 2009.
These were the first deep-water producing fields in India and remain among the most complex reservoirs in the world. The KG D6 facility is an engineering marvel of a kind, built with state-of-the-art technology. It has become a hub for further oil and gas infrastructure development on the East Coast. Since its inception, the block has supplied nearly 2.8 trillion cubic feet of natural gas and about 33 million barrels of crude oil to consumers in the country. This has substituted over US$40 billion of energy imports – saving precious foreign exchange for India.
Through its joint venture with bp, Reliance has put on production two more deep-water fields in the KG D6 Block – R Cluster and Satellite Cluster. In December, 2020, gas production was started from the R Cluster field. In April 2021, gas production was started from the Satellite Cluster field. A third field, MJ, commenced production in 1Q FY24.
Coal Bed Methane
Reliance has two coal bed methane (CBM) blocks in Madhya Pradesh spread across 995 square km. This is the largest surface footprint project in the E&P sector in India. Production from the CBM fields commenced in 2017. Currently, around 300 wells are on production.
Reliance’s subsidiary company, Reliance Gas Pipeline Limited, operates the 302 km Shahdol-Phulpur Pipeline from Shahdol (MP) to Phulpur (UP) connecting to India’s gas grid. With the development of CBM blocks, Reliance has become the largest player in the unconventional energy sector in India.