Reliance Industries (RIL) would be investing over ₹1,000 crore in its coal bed methane (CBM) blocks in Sohagpur, Madhya Pradesh as the company looks at increasing CBM gas production from the fields, according to industry sources aware of the development.

"RIL is seeing a decline in its CBM production and will be drilling multiple new wells to up production target to 1 million standard cubic meters (mscmd) per day over the next three years," said an industry official aware of the