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Reliance Ind net down 6.4%

Reliance Industries has posted a profit of Rs 3,852 crore for the second quarter ended September 30, a fall of 6.4 per cent from Rs 4,116 crore in the corresponding period last year.

For the half-year period, profits were down 8.5 per cent to Rs 7,518 crore (Rs 8,220 crore).

Gross refining margin fell to $6.3 a barrel from $14.4. In addition, the depreciation doubled to Rs 2,400 crore during the quarter while the tax outgo rose to Rs 800 crore (Rs 344 crore).

Total revenue increased by 6.1 per cent to Rs 48,843 crore (Rs 46,014 crore). However, for the first half, it was down 8.7 per cent to Rs 81,284 crore (Rs 88,998 crore). During the period, exports were down 26 per cent to Rs 43,035 crore.

Net capital expenditure for the quarter was Rs 7,831 crore. According to RIL, total gas production from the Krishna-Godavari D6 basin is now 40 million metric standard cubic metres (mmscm) a day.

Production has kicked off in 16 of the 18 wells at KG D6 and the total production during the quarter was 222,104 tonnes of crude oil and 4,813 mmscm of natural gas.

Jamnagar refinery processed 27.63 million tonnes of crude oil, up from 16.34 million tonnes last year. The utilisation rate was nearly 90 per cent, which was higher than other refineries in North America (82.1 per cent), Europe (77.1 per cent) and Asia (79.3 per cent). Exports of refined products totalled $7.5 billion.

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