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INDIAN ECONOMY
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Krishna Godavari D-6
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Mahanadi deepwater block NEC-DWN-2002/1
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SB-11
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KG-DWN- 2005/2
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Detailed explanation-1: -Which among the following was the first deepwater block in India to start production? Notes: In April 2009, Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) had started pumping natural gas from its D-6 block in the Krishna-Godavari (K-G) basin and D-6 was the first deepwater block in India to start production.
Detailed explanation-2: -Krishna Godavari Basin is a peri-cratonic passive margin basin in India. It is spread across more than 50, 000 square kilometres in the Krishna River and Godavari River basins in Andhra Pradesh. The site is known for the D-6 block where Reliance Industries discovered the biggest natural gas reserves in India in 2003.
Detailed explanation-3: -The KG-D6 block is located in the Krishna Godavari Basin, off the coast of Kakinada, India. The offshore block is situated approximately 40-60km southeast of Kakinada in the Bay of Bengal.
Detailed explanation-4: -Krishna Godavari Dhirubhai 6 (KG-D6) was Reliance’s first offshore gas field development and its first underwater discovery. It was also India’s largest deposit of natural gas and the largest such discovery in the world in 2002.