Reliance to explore offshore India under new agreement

Reliance entered into a joint operating agreement with ONGC and BP to explore Block GS-OSHP-2022/2 off the western coast of India in Saurashtra basin.
July 29, 2025

Reliance Industries Ltd. entered into a joint operating agreement with Oil and Natural Gas Corp. (ONGC) and BP Exploration (Alpha) Ltd. to explore Block GS-OSHP-2022/2 off the western coast of India in Saurashtra basin.

The three firms jointly bid for the block in the 9th bid round of Open Acreage Licensing Policy (OALP) last year.

The block spans an area of 5,454 sq km and is classified under Category-II basins. The consortium will explore the block to assess its hydrocarbon potential.

ONGC will be operator of the block.

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Alex Procyk is Upstream Editor at Oil & Gas Journal. He has also served as a principal technical professional at Halliburton and as a completion engineer at ConocoPhillips. He holds a BS in chemistry (1987) from Kent State University and a PhD in chemistry (1992) from Carnegie Mellon University. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).

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