NEW DELHI: Domestic crude production contracted by nearly 5 per cent in the month of November after production in the Cairn Vedanta-owned Rajasthan oil fields fell sharply. According to data from the Ministry of Petroleum, crude oil production in November stood at 2.48 million tonnes compared to 2.61 million tonnes produced in the same month a year ago.
The data showed that the Rajasthan fields produced 9.6 per cent less crude oil during the month after a sharp reduction in output in the Mangala, Aishwarya, and other Cairn-operated fields.
As for state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), production was lower by 1.5 per cent, again due to lower-than-anticipated output in a few blocks. Oil India Ltd too saw production fall by 6.6 per cent due to a series of protests affecting operations in Assam following the accident at Baghjan.
