New Delhi: Mukesh Ambani-run Reliance
Industries today said it has successfully tested the design
capacity of its massive eastern offshore Krishna-Godavari
basin D6 field production facilities.
"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 Ltd -- 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".
-PTI
First Published: Monday, December 28, 2009, 21:49