Vedanta Limited reported production results for the third quarter and nine months ended December 31, 2016. For the quarter, oil equivalent per day (boepd). Production was lower primarily due to planned maintenance shutdown in Rajasthan and natural decline in offshore assets. Gross production from Rajasthan block averaged 154,272 boepd for the quarter, lower mainly due to the planned maintenance shutdown at the Mangala Processing Terminal which will help maintain asset integrity and improve the plant performance. The company had encouraging results from Mangala Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR), driven by enhanced well productivity and production optimization activities. The production from EOR increased to an average of 55 kboepd in Third Quarter FY2017 from 52 kboepd in second quarter of fiscal 2017. Continued reservoir management including production optimization helped maintain steady production from Bhagyam and Aishwariya. Gross production from Development Area-1 (DA-1) and Development Area-2 (DA-2) averaged 141,177 boepd and 13,095 boepd, respectively. Production from Ravva and Cambay was also firm at 18,172 and 9,375 boepd, respectively. Production optimization activities helped offset the natural decline in the blocks. Ravva and Cambay facilities recorded an excellent uptime of 99.9% and 99.8%, respectively. Gas production from RDG was lower at an average of 21 mmscfd in compared to 33 mmscfd in econd quarter of fiscal 2017. Gas sales also declined quarter-on-quarter to 4 mmscfd from 17 mmscfd. The sales have been temporarily suspended due to a technical issue between the gas transporter and the buyers. Total production was 33,000 tonnes, 35% lower y-o-y primarily due to the closure of the Lisheen mine in November 2015, following 17 years of successful operations. For the nine months, gross production declined by 7% on year-on-year basis primarily due to lower volumes from offshore assets and planned maintenance shutdown in Rajasthan during the current year, partially offset by volume ramp up from the EOR project at Mangala and continued effective reservoir management across assets. Mined metal production during the nine month period was 15% lower y-o-y. This was in line with the earlier guidance of substantially higher mined metal production in second half, and fourth quarter production will be higher than third quarter. Integrated silver production was higher by 5% y-o-y primarily due to higher volume from the company's silver-rich Sindesar mine. During this nine month period, underground mines ramped up significantly to achieve a substantial 60% y-o-y increase in ore production and 55% y-o-y increase in mined metal production. Total production was 115,000 tonnes, 38% lower compared to corresponding prior period mainly due to closure of the Lisheen mine. Production volume from Skorpion and BMM was up by 16% and 5%, respectively.