Reliance, BP start gas production from Asia’s deepest project

Reliance Industries and its partner BP plc of the UK on Friday announced the commencement of natural gas production from Asia’s deepest project, ‎putting the second wave of discoveries in the KG-D6 block onstream.

The production from ultra-deepwater R-Cluster, the first of the three deepsea projects Reliance-BP are developing in the eastern offshore block, started production, the two firms said in a statement.

Reliance and BP are developing three deepwater gas projects in block KG D6 – R Cluster, Satellites Cluster and MJ – which together are expected to meet about 15 per cent of India’s gas demand by 2023.

“These projects will utilise the existing hub infrastructure in KG-D6 block,” it said.