Reliance Industries to stop production at two KG fields as output falls

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Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries (RIL) and its partner BP are likely to stop production at the D1 and the D3 fields of KG-D6 block in six to nine months due to a decline in the output. 

RIL has already informed the Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH) about its decision to stop gas production in the two fields, said a government official privy to the development. In 2018, the company had announced the initiation of decommissioning formalities, but it gave no timeline. 

In an investor presentation, RIL had said that adhering to the government's site restoration guidelines, the company submitted a