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c. They have not made directly or indirectly any payments to RIL or anyrelated party to RIL or to any of its employees.d. Their bidding was market competitive and prices charged werecomparable to the then prevalent prices in the market.Furthermore, no negative replies have been received to any of the questions inthe confirmation.3. Of the total project cost of $ 8,166 million relating to exploration and developmentincurred till March 31, 2011 in KG-D6, only1% was incurred through relatedparties. The related parties transaction were primarily for purchase of fuel andchemicals by following a competitive bidding process and was indeed supplied ata price lower than what was procured through Indian Public Sector Companies.4. Key vendors are all reputed companies and global leaders in oil services,onshore engineering and construction, sub-sea construction and pipelineinstallation.5. With regards to the impact of escalation of capital expenditure, E&Y confirmedthat any increase in capital expenditure is detrimental to both the Contractor andthe Government.IPA was requisitioned to benchmark the KG-D6 project vis-à-vis other global scaleprojects and to review the comprehensiveness of the Field Development Plan (FDP).IPA compared the KG-D6 FDP with 53 other global FDPs including projectsundertaken by the super-major oil companies and government-owned companies.IPA reported as follows:1. It compared the FDPs on five essential criteria such as cost overrun, costcompetitiveness, slippage in execution, schedule competitiveness andoperability. When measured against these criteria, it rated the KG-D6 as what itdeems as a successful project.2. The KG-D6 project faced considerable physical and execution environmentchallenges as well as difficulties faced in the E&P capital projects market. Despitethese challenges, the project achieved successful outcomes across most projectmeasures including cost growth, cost competitiveness, operability performanceand schedule competitiveness.3. It rated the KG-D6 FDP as being very comprehensive when compared withindustry standards; besides being more detailed than other similar Asian projects.IPA’s E&P database contains information for more than 1,200 projects executedby 38 companies across the globe. Based on this database, IPA has developed aset of statistical models that evaluate project outcome in key areas of cost,schedule and operability.4. They reviewed the KG-D6 gas project AIDP and compared it with other projectsin their database that also submitted a revised FDP. They found that RIL’ssubmission thorough and provided clear documentation of the requirements andthe reasons for the revision including updated sub-surface information.Registered Office: Corporate Communications Telephone : (+91 22) 2278 5000Maker Chambers IV Maker Chambers IV Telefax : (+91 22) 2278 51853rd Floor, 222, Nariman Point 9th Floor, Nariman Point Internet : www.ril.comMumbai 400 021, IndiaMumbai 400 021, IndiaPage 2 of 4