RIL to take FCCB route to raise $1b; RIL closes 4 wells in KG-D6 gas field

30 Nov 2011 Evaluate

Reliance Industries (RIL) plans to raise more than $1 billion by selling bonds to foreign investors to fund shale gas ventures in the US and investments at its refinery at Jamnagar. India’s most valuable private sector company has appointed Citibank, Bank of America and UBS as merchant bankers to the proposed 10-year dollar bond issue. RIL had planned the issue in October, but could not do so as a number of US-based institutions were not certain they would be able to participate. The company intends to raise funds in the 2.25-2.50% range, around 125-150 basis points above Libor. The company had completed a similar bond issuance in August when it raised $1 billion from foreign investors. As on September 30, the company had cash reserves worth Rs 61,000 crore.

Reliance Industries has shut four wells in its flagship KG-D6 gas fields off the east coast due to high water ingress leading to output dipping to 41 million cubic meters per day. The Dhirubhai-1 and 3 (D1&D3) gas fields and the MA oilfield in the KG-DWN-98/3, or KG-D6, block in the Bay of Bengal produced 41.06 mmcmd of gas in the week ending November 13.

Reliance had outperformed the targets when it crossed 54 mmcmd from D1&D3 gas fields in March, before fall in pressure, water ingress and thinner-than-expected reservoirs resulted in a drop in production. Together with 7-8 mmcmd of gas from MA oilfield in the same licence area, total KG-D6 output was 61.5 mmscmd in March 2010 as against the targeted 40 mmcmd in 2009-10 fiscal. As per the status report, out of the 22 wells planned in in Phase-I of D-1 and D- field development, 18 wells have been drilled and completed so far. Of these, 14 wells were put on production, while four wells were kept closed due to high water cut and sanding issues.

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