KG D6 ultradeep-water gasfield, India
Name of the Project
KG D6 ultradeep-water gasfield.
Location
About 60 km from the existing KG D6 Control & Riser Platform (CRP), off the east coast of India.
Project Owner/s
Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) has a 66.67% participating interest and bp (33.33%).
Project Description
RIL and bp are developing three deep-water gas projects in block KG D6 – R Cluster, Satellites Cluster and MJ – which together are expected to meet about 15% of India’s gas demand by 2023.
These projects will use the existing hub infrastructure in KG D6 block. Peak gas production from the three fields is expected to be about one-billion cubic feet a day by 2023.
R Cluster, located at a water depth of more than 2 000 m, is the deepest offshore gasfield in Asia and the first of the three projects to come on stream. It comprises a subsea production system tied back to the KG D6 control and riser platform by a subsea pipeline.
Potential Job Creation
Not stated.
Capital Expenditure
Not stated.
Planned Start/End Date
The start of production from the R Cluster was announced in December 2020. The Satellites Cluster is expected to come on stream in 2021, followed by the MJ project in 2022.
Latest Developments
None stated.
Key Contracts, Suppliers and Consultants
None stated.
Contact Details for Project Information
RIL, tel +91 22 3555 5000 or email investor.relations@ril.com.
bp press office (New Delhi), tel +91 981109 7525 or email IndiaPressOffice@se1.bp.com.
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