Reliance Makes Gas and Condensate Discovery, Cauvery-Palar Region
Reliance Industries Ltd. Thursday announced a rich gas-condensate discovery at the first well it drilled in the Cauvery-Palar deepwater basin off southeastern India.
The CYPR-D6-SA1 block discovery well went to 3,815 m in crystalline basement in 1,194 m of water off Chennai on the CYPR-D6 block. Fully described as CY-PR-DWN-2001/3, the 8,600 sq km block was awarded to Reliance in the NELP 3 bid round.
RIL has 100% participating interest in the block, which is one of the 23 exploratory blocks in which BP Exploration (Alpha) Ltd. would acquire 30% participating interest subject to government approval.
The discovery has been named Dhirubhai-53 and has been notified to the Directorate General of Hydrocarbons. Appraisal is planned to assess the extent of the reservoirs along this play trend
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