Reliance Industries on Wednesday announced that it has discovered natural gas reserves in an exploration block in the Krishna Godavari basin off the country's east coast. The discovery, named Dhirubhai-39, was made in block KG-DWN-2003/1, lying about 50 km from Machilipatnam in Andhra Pradesh. "The gas discovery has been made in the very first exploratory well in this block,' stated a release from the company. Reliance Industries holds 90 per cent interest in the block, while Hardy Exploration and Production India Inc has the balance 10 per cent.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/ril-makes-new-gas-find-first-kg-block-well
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/business-standard
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/natural-gas-exploration
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/andhra-pradesh