Reliance Industries, bp start production from third field in KG-D6 block

Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) and bp Plc, on Friday, confirmed the commencement of production from the MJ field in the KG-D6 block off the east coast.

The field represents the last of three major new deepwater developments the RIL-bp consortium has brought into production in the block.

Together, the three fields are expected to produce around 30 million standard cubic meters of gas a day (1 billion cubic feet a day) when the MJ field reaches peak production, the consortium said.

This is expected to account for around one-third of India’s current domestic gas production and meet approximately 15 percent of India’s demand.