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RIL and partner BP plc are carrying out remedial action to stop water ingress from choking wells even as the first production well on the block in more than four years ramped up output by over 15 per cent to 13.7 million standard cubic meters per day.
"We can't drill any more wells on (main) Dhirubhai 1 and 3 (D1&D3) fields," RIL Executive Director P M S Prasad told reporters in Greater Noida.
The D1&D3 fields have proved to be less prolific than previously anticipated, forcing RIL to downgrade the recoverable reserves to 2.9 trillion cubic feet (tcf) from 10.03 tcf estimated in 2006.
Of this, about 2.2 tcf has already been produced and RIL expects the remaining 0.75 tcf could be extracted through existing wells.
"We are currently doing workovers on three shut wells," Prasad said.
Of the 18 wells on D1&D3, 10 were shut due to water and sand seeping in.
The two partners are currently attempting to cut off water ingress into
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