Rajasthan

Resource Base

The discovery of the Managala field in January 2004 was the largest onshore oil find in India in more than 20 years.  Since then, the Rajasthan resource base has continuously grown to a current 4 billion barrels of oil.  50 Mangala wells have been drilled to date with 38 completed so far.  This resource base provides potential to produce 240,000 bopd.

Cairn's focus going forward is to realise the full potential of the Barmer basin.

Production

Cairn has taken Mangala from discovery to production in five years.  First oil flowed in August 2009 in a ceremony attended by the Indian Prime Minister, the honourable Dr. Manmohan Singh. 

Cairn is developing the Mangala, Bhagyam and Aishwariya fields in phases with Train 1 complete and producing approximately 20,000 bopd.  Trains 2 and 3 are scheduled for completion in Q2 2010 with production expected to be 125,000 bopd in the second half of the year.

The Mangala Processing Terminal has a current approved peak plateau production of 175,000 barrels of oil per day, expected by 2011.  This will contibute more than 20% to India's domestic oil production.

Size and Scale 

The Rajasthan project is one of the largest oil and gas developments in India.  The Mangala Processing Terminal (MPT) covers an area equivalent to 200 football pitches and includes oil, gas, power and water infrastructure.  600 km of the export pipeline has been laid to date and will be operational in 2010.  At an eventual length of 670 km, the pipeline will provide access to more than 75% of India's refining capacity.  It is the world's longest continuously heated and insulated pipeline.

At the peak of construction, approximately 16,000 workers were involved: 5,000 on the pipeline and 11,000 on the MPT.  Cairn has achieved discovery to production in five years.

There are 5 km of pipe racks with 210 km of piping and 3,100 km of instrumentation cables and electrical cables throughout the MPT.

 

First Oil Ceremony - August 2009

Production began at the Mangala Processing Terminal in Rajasthan on 29 August 2009.  Central and State Government officials attended the inauguration ceremony and India's Prime Minister, the Hon'ble Manmohan Singh, dedicated the Mangala field to India.

 

Dr. Manmohan Singh (middle), launches production while the Petroleum Minister of the Government of India, Murli Deora, (left), the Chief Minister of Rajasthan, Ashok Gehlot, (2nd from left), Sir Bill Gammell (right) and Rahul Dhir (2nd from right) look on.

Announcement
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Webcast of Inauguration Ceremony