Reliance seeks premium for oil from KG block

Reliance and BP seek bids for sale of crude oil with premium pricing, delivery in India, due January 24, 2025.

Reliance Industries Ltd is seeking a premium of at least $3.5 per barrel over an international benchmark for crude oil it produces for eastern offshore KG-D6 block, according to the tender the firm put out on Monday.

Reliance and its partner BP of the UK sought bids from domestic refiners for sale of 17,600 barrels (2,800 kilolitres) of crude oil every month from April 2025 to February 2026.

The crude oil has been priced at daily average price of Nigerian Bonny Light grade of crude oil plus $1.5 per barrel quality premium. Bidders have to quote a premium over this price, the tender document said.

Bonny Light last traded for $73.5 per barrel. On top of this, $1.5 per barrel is added as a composite premium "reflecting quality differential", it said, adding that interested buyers are required to a "biddable premium, up to one decimal place and greater than $2 per barrel".

The sale period can be extended by three months to one year on the same terms and conditions, including pricing formula.

Oil, which is turned into fuels like petrol and diesel when processed at refineries, will be delivered by the sellers at Gadimoga in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh.

Reliance holds 66.67% interest in the predominantly gas-rich KG-DWN-98/3 block (KG-D6) in the Bay of Bengal. BP Exploration (Alpha) Ltd holds the remaining 33.33%.