Govt Slaps Rs. 24,500 Cr Demand Notice On Reliance For Gains Made From ONGC Block
Delhi/Hyderabad, Mar 4 (Maxim News): The government has slapped a USD 2.81 billion (about Rs. 24,500 crore) demand notice on Reliance Industries Ltd and its partners, including BP Plc, for gains made from producing and selling natural gas that may have migrated from neighbouring block of state-owned ONGC.
This follows the Delhi High Court’s decision on February 14, overturning an international arbitration tribunal ruling that held the duo not responsible for paying any compensation for the gas they produced and sold, which had allegedly migrated from adjoining fields.
“Consequent upon the Division Bench judgment, the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has raised a demand of USD 2.81 billion on the PSC contractors, namely Reliance Industries Ltd., BP Exploration (Alpha) Ltd and NIKO (NECO) ltd, Reliance said in a stock exchange filing.
Originally, Reliance held a 60 percent interest in Krishna Godavari basin deep-sea block KG-DWN-98/3 or KG-D6 while BP had 30 percent and Canadian firm Niko held the remaining 10 percent.
Subsequently, Reliance and BP took over Niko’s interest in the production sharing contract (PSC) and now hold 66.66 percent and 33.33 percent, respectively. The government had in 2016 sought USD 1.55 billion from Reliance and its partners for the quantum of gas that had migrated to its block KG-D6 from adjoining fields of ONGC.
Reliance contested the claims before an arbitral tribunal, which in July 2018 upheld that it was not obliged to pay any compensation. The government filed an appeal, and in May 2023, a single judge of the Delhi High Court upheld the arbitration award, dismissing the government’s appeal. A division bench of the Delhi High Court last month set aside the single judge order, ruling against Reliance and its partners.
Reliance said the letter of demand was received by the company on March 3, 205. “The company is legally advised that the Division bench judgment and this provisional demand are unsustainable. The company is taking steps to challenge the judgment of the Division Bench of Hon’ble Delhi High Court, it said.
(Maxim News)
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