While, under the NELP (New Exploration and Licensing Policy), RIL along with its foreign partner Niko Resources Limited (NRL) bid for NELP-1 for the right to enter into a PSC (Production Sharing Contract) for block KG-DWN-98/3 or KGD6. This was a contiguous block located directly to the south-east of Godavari-PML block and to the east of KG-DWN-98/2 (KG-D5).