Shirish Nadkarni
OGJ correspondent
MUMBAI, Mar. 14 -- Reliance Industries Ltd., Mumbai, and Niko Resources Ltd., Calgary, discovered more natural gas in the deepwater D6 Block in the Bay of Bengal off India's northeast coast.
The G1 exploration well flow-tested nearly 100 MMcfd from two intervals, one of which had not previously yielded gas, Niko said.
Similar log response was seen in the M-1 well, 19 km south-southeast of Dhirubhai.
The well, which was not tested due to hole conditions, encountered one of the thickest net pay sections on Block D6 in the Krishna-Godavari basin (OGJ Online, Sept. 27, 2004).
G1 was the 13th consecutive successful well drilled on Block D6, covering 1.9 million acres. All drilling has occurred in an area covered by the first 1,800 sq km 3D seismic program, less than 20% of the block.
Another 3,165 sq km of 3D seismic data are being processed and merged with the initial 3D survey, Niko said. Reliance holds 90% interest in Block D6, and Niko has 10% interest.
