Mangala oilfield enters 13th year of production
Scottish firm Cairn Energy-discovered Mangala oilfield in Rajasthan has completed 12 straight years of production, producing more than 473 million stock barrels of oil. Mangala oilfield was discovered by Cairn in 2004. The field was put to production on August 29, 2009. In December 2011, Cairn sold the India business to billionaire Anil Agarwal’s Vedanta group.
“Discovered in 2004, the field was the largest global discovery of the year and India’s largest onshore discovery in 25 years. Since first oil on August 29, 2009, Mangala field has produced more than 473 mmstb as of July 2021,” Vedanta said in a statement.
