Offshore staff
LONDON – Reliance Industries has started drilling its third well on the D9 exploration license in the Krishna Godavari basin off eastern India, according to partner Hardy Oil & Gas.
The Transocean drillship Dhirubhai Deepwater KG2 is drilling well KG-D9-A2 in a water depth of around 2,700 m (8,858 ft). The target depth of the well, designed to tap the hydrocarbon potential of an early and late Miocene channel fan complex, is 4,875 m (15,994 ft) MDRT.
The D9 license covers an area of around 8,700 sq km (3,360 sq mi). It carries a minimum work program of four exploration wells.
05/11/2011
