RIL, BP and NIKO announce a significant gas condensate discovery

By admin June 18, 2013 11:27 am IST

Reliance Industries Ltd. and its partners BP and NIKO have announced a significant gas and condensate discovery in the KG D6 block off the eastern coast of India.
The KGD6-MJ1 well was drilled in a water depth of 1,024 metres and to a total depth of 4,509 metres to explore the prospect of a Mesozoic Synrift Clastic reservoir lying over 2,000 metres below the already producing reservoirs in the D1- D3 gas fields.
Formation evaluation indicates a gross gas and condensate column in the well of about 155 metres in the Mesozoic reservoirs. In the drill stem test, the well-flowed 30.6 million standard cubic feet per day and liquid rate of 2,121 barrels a day with a choke of 36/64 inches with a flowing bottom hole pressure of 8,461 psia suggesting good flow potential. Well-flow rates during such tests are limited by the rig and well-test equipment configuration.