Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL) and BP PLC started production from the R Cluster ultradeepwater gas field in Block KG D6, off the east coast of India. The field is expected to reach plateau gas production of about 12.9 million std cu m/d (MMscmd) in 2021. It is the deepest offshore gas field in Asia, according to RIL, at a water depth greater than 2,000 m.
Located about 60 km from the existing KG D6 control and riser platform (CRP) off the Kakinada coast, the field was brought online using a subsea production system tied back to CRP via a subsea pipeline.
RIL and BP are developing R Cluster, Satellites Cluster, and MJ in using existing KG D6 infrastructure. R Cluster is the first to come onstream. Satellites Cluster, is expected to come onstream in 2021 followed by the MJ project in 2022. The three projects combined are expected to produce around 30 MMscmd (1 bcfd) at peak production, meeting about 15% of India’s gas demand by 2023.
RIL is operator of KG D6 with 66.67%. BP holds the remaining 33.33%.
