Vedanta Ltds. Cairn Oil & Gas has discovered oil in the Barmer district of Rajasthan. The company has notified the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH) about this discovery. This oil was discovered by Cairn Oil & Gas in a block that was given to them under the Open Acreage Licensing Policy (OALP).
The Block RJ-ONHP-2017/1 is located in Chohtan and Gudamalani Tehsil of the district of Barmer.
This block covers 542 square kilometers of area and was one of the companys 41 blocks that were awarded in the 2018 OALP-I round of bidding.
In the block, Vedanta owns 100 percent participating interest.
This discovery is the third such discovery that the company has notified under the Open Acreage Licensing Policy.
Durga is the name given to this discovery.