Reliance Begins Gas Production From Asia's Deepest Block

Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) and British Petroleum on December 18 announced that one of the three deep-water gas projects in Krishna-Godavari basin has become operational. The three projects - R Cluster, Satellites Cluster and MJ - are in the KG-D6 block off the Indian east coast. R Cluster - Asia’s deepest (2000mtr) offshore gas field - is the first to become operational. The projects are supposed to meet 15% of India’s gas demand by 2023.