Reliance’s gas output from D6 block may fall

Gas output from India’s Reliance Industries’ D6 block may be 66 per cent lower than initial estimate from April, government sources said, forcing the country to resort to increased imports of expensive liquefied natural gas (LNG). The D6 gas output will decline to 27 million cubic meters a day (mmscmd) from April, compared with 37-38 mmscmd now. As per the approved development plan Reliance was expected to produce 80 mmscmd from April. Reliance is under pressure from the government and investors because of the falling output from its Krishna-Godavari D6 gas fields.