RIL makes two more gas finds in KG D6 and NEC 25

New Delhi, Mar 12 (UNI) 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 under evaluation. These recent discoveries demonstrate the further upside potential 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-second exploratory well drilled in KG D6 block. The well encountered two gas-bearing zones.

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

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

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