Business OpportunitiesRIL tests peak output capacity of KG fields
Mukesh Ambani-run Reliance Industries (RIL) today said it has successfully tested the design capacity of its massive eastern offshore Krishna-Godavari basin D6 field production facilities.
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"A flow rate of 80 million standard cubic meters (the peak production envisaged from KG-D6 fields) was achieved through the KG-D6 facilities and delivered" to the pipeline, a company statement said here.
RIL, which is currently producing about 60 mmscmd gas from two of the 18 gas discoveries in the KG-D6 block, has put deep-sea production facilities to produce 80 mmscmd. These facilities were successfully tested last week.
"Within a month of emerging as the largest producer of natural gas in the country, RIL announces that it has successfully carried out an assessment of the design capacity of the KG-D6 deepwater gas production facilities on December 23," the statement said.
80 million units of gas was delivered to the Reliance Gas Transportation Infrastructure -- the firm that owns the East-West pipeline that transports the KG-D6 gas from Kakinada on the Andhra coast to Baruch in Gujarat.
"At present, RIL is producing about 60 mmscmd of gas which is being supplied to several priority sectors identified by the government under its Gas Utilisation Policy," it said.
Since commencement of production in April this year, the field has produced over 8.5 billion cubic metres of gas, contributing significantly to the country’s critical industrial sectors.
KG-D6 gas has already impacted various aspects of the country’s economy -- including the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) which has acknowledged the significant contribution of the production of KG D6 in the double digit growth registered by the mining sector in the last two successive quarters.
"With increased availability of gas, production of indigenous fertilisers has increased and cost of production reduced, thereby resulting in savings of about Rs 4,000 crore per annum in government subsidies," it said, adding production of indigenous fertilisers has increased in the country with the availability of gas.
Besides, there has been significant improvement in the gas based power generation in the country during April– November representing a growth of about 30 per cent and the power deficit both in terms of energy and peak power in India during April to November this year has been reduced significantly, the statement said.
RIL started gas production in six-and-a-half years from discovery, in comparison to the world average of 9-10 years for similar deepwater production facilities. "Continuous gas production for about 9 months, with 100 per cent uptime, once again demonstrates its flawless commissioning and execution capabilities."