Reliance Industries gains on starting production from Satellite Cluster gas field in block KG D6 with bp

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Shares of Reliance Industries traded higher on Monday after the company and bp announced the start of production from the Satellite Cluster gas field in block KG D6 off the east coast of India.

The scrip was up 0.81% at Rs 1919.80 at around 9.25 am (IST). On the other hand, the benchmark Benchmark BSE Sensex was up 516 points, or 1.13%, at 48,417 at around the same time.

RIL and bp have been 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% of India’s gas demand.

The developments will each utilise the existing hub infrastructure in the KG D6 block. RIL is the operator of the block with a 66.67% participating interest and bp holds a 33.33% participating interest.

“The Satellite Cluster is the second of the three developments to come onstream, following the start-up of R Cluster in December 2020. It had originally been scheduled to start production in mid-2021. The field is located about 60 km from the existing onshore terminal at Kakinada on the east coast of India in water depths of up to 1850 meters. 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. Together, the R Cluster and Satellite Cluster are expected to contribute to about 20% of India’s current gas production,” RIL said in a release.

The third KG D6 development, MJ, is expected to come onstream towards the latter half of 2022.