However, the source quoted above said the government is now of the view that if explorers are not willing to go by the FDP, they should rather relinquish the fields rather than sit on them. RIL had relinquished fields in the past as well, while it has consolidated its holding areas. The Mumbai-based company had also exited from all its overseas fields. While RIL was not willing to develop the deep-sea satellite fields earlier as gas prices were low, it decided to develop the fields after a price of $6.3 per million British thermal unit (mmBtu) was fixed for the October 2017-March 2018 period for difficult fields. The prices have recently been revised to $6.78 per mmBtu for difficult fields and $3.06 per mmBtu for others for the April-September 2018 period. While RIL has been taking long-term orders for KG-D6 gas, according to the sources, since exploration is being done for all fields in its possession, it is finding ways to optimise the discoveries. “It is trying to put to use all its facilities to extract maximum (gas),” said the second person. RIL did not submit any expression of interest under the Open Acreage Licensing policy under which the government is offering fields after a gap of almost eight years.