Drilling to ramp up in 2013

By Nishant Ugal

 16 March 2012 00:39 GMT

INDIAN giant Reliance Industries will have more than three deep-water drilling units in its fleet by next year, writes Nishant Ugal.

The company hardly used its offshore drilling resources during the second half of 2011 but it has plans for a variety of deep-water drilling projects expected to begin in 2013, claims one source.

“There is a lot of pressure from the Indian government to drill on the D6 block in the Krishna Godavari basin and there are also commitments to be met on other deep-water blocks. So Reliance should actually get going on the drilling plans from next year,” he says.

Reliance has three Transocean drillships on long-term contracts but these units were…

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