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RIL makes two gas finds on east coast

Special Correspondent

New discoveries named Dhirubhai 31 and 32

MUMBAI: Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) has made two new discoveries in the East Coast blocks.

These are in the well KG-D6-P2 in block KG DWN 98/3 (KG D6), and in the well NEC 25 A5 in block NEC OSN 97/2 (NEC 25).

"RIL has successfully completed drilling of well KG-D6-P2, which was the forty-sixth exploratory well and the twenty-second exploratory well drilled in block KG DWN 98/3(KG D6). This well lies in the extension 3D seismic area about six 6 km west of the earlier P1 natural gas discovery (Dhirubhai 23),'' RIL stated in a press release here on Monday.

"The well encountered two gas-bearing zones.'' Both these zones are channel fan complexes. Data obtained from logging and modular dynamic testing (MDT) corroborate the presence of hydrocarbons. This well has been notified to the DGH and authorities concerned as a new discovery, namely, Dhirubhai 31, which is the seventeenth discovery in this block.

In addition to this discovery, RIL announceed yet another discovery in the well NEC 25-A5, which was the 47th exploratory well, and seventh in the block NEC OSN 97/2 (NEC 25). The well lies in the Mahanadi basin about 12 km northwest of the earlier natural gas discovery NEC25- A1 (Dhirubhai 9).

"Based on the evidence of data obtained from logging and modular dynamic testing, the presence of hydrocarbons is confirmed.'' This well has been notified to the DGH and authorities concerned as a new discovery, namely Dhirubhai 32, which is the seventh discovery in this block.

"The commerciality of the discoveries is now under evaluation. The recent discoveries demonstrate the further upside potential of the blocks in the Krishna Godavari and Mahanadi basins,'' RIL added.

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