RIL makes 2 gas finds in KG D6 and NEC 25

New Delhi, Mar 12: Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL)today announced two major gas discoveries in the east coast blocks.

The finds are in the KG D6 and NEC 25 blocks.

''The commerciality of the above discoveries is currently underevaluation. These recent discoveries demonstrate the further upsidepotential of the blocks in the Krishna Godavari and Mahanadi Basins,''the company said.

RIL said it has completed drilling of the first well KG-D6-P2,which was the forty-sixth exploratory well and the twenty-secondexploratory well drilled in KG D6 block. The well encountered twogas-bearing zones.

''This well has been notified to the DGH and concerned authoritiesas a new discovery, namely Dhirubhai 31, which is the seventeenthdiscovery in this block,'' the company added.

The second dicovery in NEC 25 block lies in the Mahanadi Basin Thewell has been notified to the Director General Hydrocarbons (DGH) andconcerned authorities as a new discovery, as Dhirubhai 32, which is theseventh discovery in this block.

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