RIL to increase KG-D6 gas output

The well,MA-8,is likely to be put on production this month,sources with direct knowledge of the development said. MA-8 is projected to produce a minimum of 1 mmscmd and a maximum of 3 mmscmd,they said.

At 3 mmscmd,MA-8 will be RILs biggest gas producer well on KG-D6 currently.

Production at KG-D6 has dropped to just about 12 mmscmd and MA-8 will help reverse the falling trend of last three years.

The current output is made up of about 8.5 mmscmd from Dhirubhai-1 and 3 D1amp;D3 gas field and about 3.3 mmscmd from the MA field in the same block.

Sources said RIL is also repairing a third of the wells shut at its main D1amp;D3 gas field to boost output by March. RIL had to shut 10 out of the 18 producing wells on D1amp;D3 due to sand and water flooding.

The KG-D6 fields,which began gas production in April 2009,hit a peak output of 69.43 mmscmd in March 2010 before water and sand ingress shut down several wells.