The Reliance Industries (RIL) has permanently shut down its only oilfield in the eastern offshore Krishna-Godavari (KG) basin-D6 block after it stopped producing crude oil on 17 September 2018.
The Dhirubhai-26 (D26) or MA was the only oil discovery in the block being operated by the consortium of RIL, British oil company BP and and Canada-based Niko Resources.
The oilfield was being operated by RIL as an operator of the joint venture (JV) consisting of RIL (60 percent), BP (30 percent) and Niko Resources (10 percent).
The production from the field had been under natural decline and facing continuous challenges due to high water production and sand ingress. The field has cumulatively produced about 0.53 trillion cu ft of gas and 31.4 million barrel of oil and condensate and had no remaining reserves.