Reliance Industries foray into Infotel and TV 19, ETV

RIL PRESS RELEASE

Mumbai,

3rd January 2012:

RIL today announced that a part of the interest owned by it in

the ETV Channels is being divested to TV18 Broadcast Limited (TV18). As a part of the

deal, Infotel Broad Band Services Limited (“Infotel”), a subsidiary of RIL, has entered into a

Memorandum of Understanding with TV18 and Network18 Media and Investments Limited

(Network18) for preferential access to all their content for distribution through the 4G

Broadband Network being set up by it.

As per the Memorandum of Understanding, Infotel shall have preferential access to (i) the

content of all the media and web properties of Network 18 and its associates and (ii)

programming and digital content of all the broadcasting channels of TV18 and its

associates on a first right basis as a most preferred customer.

Infotel is setting up a pan India world class 4

th Generation Broadband Network using state

of the art technologies. Infotel expects to take a leadership position in content distribution

through broadband technology through a host of devices. Digital content from

entertainment, news, sports, music, weather, education and other genres will be a key

driver to increase consumption of broadband.

RIL, through investments of about Rs.2600 crores, by its group companies, currently holds

interest in various ETV Channels being operated and managed by Eenadu Group viz. (i)

100% economic interest in regional news channels, namely ETV Uttar Pradesh, ETV

Madhya Pradesh, ETV Rajasthan, ETV Bihar and ETV Urdu channel (“News Channels”) (ii)

100% economic interest in ETV Marathi, ETV Kannada, ETV Bangla, ETV Gujarati and

ETV Oriya (“Entertainment Channels”) and (iii) 49% economic interest in ETV Telugu and

ETV Telugu News (“Telugu Channels”).

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India's Oil Production during June-2011

Production of Crude Oil & Natural Gas for the Month of June, 2011

I.        A. CRUDE OIL PRODUCTION  – PERFORMANCE Month / Period Planned Target (MMT) Actual Production (MMT) %age achievement Surplus(+) Shortfall(-) Vis-à-vis target (%age) Surplus(+) Shortfall(-) over last year  (%age) June, 2011* 3.145 3.166 100.7 0.7 7.7 April-June, 2011* 9.404 9.581 101.9 1.9 9.5 April-June, 2010 8.753 MMT: Million MetricTonnes. *: Provisional. B. COMPANY-WISE ACHIEVEMENT Company / State Planned Target (MMT) Actual Production (MMT) %age achievement Surplus(+) Shortfall(-) (%age) ONGC 1.9420 1.9720 101.5 1.5   Gujarat 0.4410 0.4720 107.0   Andhra Pradesh 0.0220 0.0250 113.6   Tamil Nadu 0.0160 0.0210 131.3   Assam 0.0920 0.0980 106.5   Mumbai Region                             (inclMumbai High) 1.3700 1.3560 99.0 OIL 0.3069 0.3158 102.9 2.9   Assam 0.3050 0.3136 102.8   Arunachal Pradesh 0.0019 0.0023 121.5 PRIVATE/JVC 0.8958 0.8778 98.0 -2.0 TOTAL 3.1447 3.1657 100.7 0.7 C. REASONS FOR SHORTFALL Company / State Reasons for shortfall ONGC (Mumbai High Offshore) ·Less than anticipated oil gain from side track and development wells. Production affected due to high GOR/high water cut from Vasai East.  Less line condensate receipt from offshore.  A statement showing Crude Oil Production during June, 2011 and cumulatively for the period April- June, 2011 vis-à-vis 2010-11 planned production is at Annexure-I. II.  A. REFINERY PRODUCTION     (IN TERMS OF CRUDE THROUGHPUT) Month / Period Planned Target (MMT) Actual Production (MMT) %age achievement Surplus(+) Shortfall(-) Vis-à-vis target         (in %age) Surplus(+) Shortfall(-) over last year          (in %age) June, 2011* 13.07 14.14 108.1 8.1 4.7 April- June, 2011* 40.42 42.53 105.2 5.2 5.3 April- June, 2010 40.39 *: Provisional. The crude throughput in IOC ( Barauni, Haldia, Koyali &  Mathura), BPCL (Mumbai), HPCL (Visakh), NRL (Numaligarh), MRPL (Mangalore),  ONGC (Tatipaka) & RIL (Jamnagar) refineries have exceeded their planned target. The crude throughput in IOC (Guwahati, Digboi, Bongaigaon & Panipat), BPCL (Kochi), HPCL(Mumbai), CPCL (Narimanam(CBR) & Manali), & EOL (Vadinar)  refineries was less than their planned target. B. REASONS FOR SHORTFALL : Company / State Reasons for shortfall IOCL, Guwahati ●   Restricted throughput on account of emergency shutdown of Coking unit for high pressure drop of furnace. IOCL, Digboi ●   In-line with Assam crude availability. IOCL,Bongaigaon ●   In-line with Ravva crude availability. IOCL, Panipat ●  Restricted throughput on account of emergency shutdown of Hydrocracker unit (for catalyst change). A statement showing refinery-wise production during the month of June, 2011 and cumulatively for the period April- June, 2011 vis-à-vis 2010-11 planned target is at Annexure-II. III.  REFINERY CAPACITY UTILISATION [excluding RPL(SEZ)] Month Utilisation (%) Period Utilisation(%)  June, 2011* 114.0 April- June, 2011 113.0  June, 2010 105.7 April- June, 2010 104.3 IV.        A.  NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION Month / Period Planned Target (MCM) Actual Production (MCM) %age achieve-ment Surplus(+) Shortfall(-) Vis-à-vis target   (%age) Surplus(+) Shortfall(-) over last year     (%age) June, 2011* 4160.5 3975.0 95.5 -4.5 -11.7 April- June, 2011* 12452.1 12215.0 98.1 -1.9 -10.2 April- June, 2010 13604.1 MCM: Million Cubic Metres.          *: Provisional. B.     COMPANY-WISE ACHIEVEMENT Company / State Planned Target (MCM) Actual Production (MCM) %age achievement Surplus(+) Shortfall(-) (%age) ONGC 1836.3 1838.6 100.1 0.1   Gujarat 145.3 153.3 105.5   Rajasthan 1.0 1.5 143.4   Andhra Pradesh 103.5 108.9 105.2   Tamil Nadu 102.9 106.3 103.3   Assam 38.7 40.5 104.5   Tripura 46.1 52.7 114.4   Mumbai High Offshore 1398.8 1375.5 98.3 OIL 218.4 210.3 96.3 -3.7   Assam 197.6 189.2 95.7   Arunachal Pradesh 1.6 1.5 96.8   Rajasthan 19.2 19.5 101.7 PRIVATE/JVC 2105.8 1926.1 91.5 -8.5   Onshore $ 60.6 60.0 99.0   Offshore 2045.2 1866.1 91.2 TOTAL 4160.5 3975.0 95.5 -4.5 $: Including Coal Bed Methane production. C.     REASONS FOR SHORTFALL Company / State Reasons for shortfall ONGC (Mumbai High Offshore) · Less by down steam consumers i.e. RCF & MSEB affected production. Closure of wells due to revamping of HP sep-A (under NHRC project). OIL (Assam) · Less gas production and sale in Assam due to default in upliftment by customer.