Three new oil discoveries have been made in Block RJ-ON-90/1 onshore India, taking the total
number of discoveries in the block to date to 36, according to the operator Cairn India.
Exploration well DP-1 has encountered 70-metre gross oil bearing interval in the Barmer
Hill formation. The well has been fracked and tested, flowing oil at 120 bopd.
The DP structure is located six kilometres north-west of Mangala field and has an aerial
extent of 21 square kilometres.
This is a significant discovery, in view of its proximity to the Mangala oil field and
fast track appraisal is planned to facilitate rapid commercialisation of this discovery.
Exploration well Saraswati SW-1 has been tested in a Mesozoic sand interval and flowed
oil at 248 bopd.
Well Aishwariya-46 flowed oil at 182 bopd in Dharvi Dungar formation, making it the 36th
discovery in RJ- ON-90/1.
This well represents the first Dharvi Dungar oil discovery in the northern part of Barmer basin