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Vedanta makes oil discovery in Rajasthan’s Barmer, notifies Indian government
On February 21, Cairn Oil & Gas, a Vedanta group company, stated that it had discovered oil in an exploration well in Rajasthan’s Barmer area. The company stated it has alerted the Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH) and the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas about the oil discovery in a block it was given under the Open Acreage Licensing Policy, according to a regulatory filing (OALP).
The Management Committee, the block monitoring panel, has also been informed of the discovery uncovered in the OALP block, according to Vedanta. “The company has notified the Management Committee, DGH and Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas on February 21, 2022 of an oil discovery (named ‘Durga’) in its exploratory well WM-Basal DD Fan-1 drilled in OALP Block RJ-ONHP-2017/1 in Barmer District of Rajasthan,” Vedanta said.
‘Durga’ is the name given to the find.
According to the corporation, the consent of the block monitoring panel, known as the Management Committee, has also been requested. In October 2018, the company secured 41 areas in the first phase of the open acreage licencing policy (OALP) bid round.
Cairn Oil & Gas, a subsidiary of Mumbai-listed Vedanta Ltd., owns the entire block. “Durga-1 (earlier WM-Basal DD Fan-1) is the second well drilled in Block RJ-ONHP-2017/1 to a depth of 2615 meters,” the firm said.
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