Vedanta Ltd notified the Management Committee, DGH, and the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas of an Oil Discovery in its exploration well WM-Basal DD Fan-1 drilled in OALP Block RJ-ONHP-2017/1 in Rajasthan’s Barmer District.
The Management Committee’s consent was also sought. The Company was granted the Block in October 2018 as part of the OALP-I round of bidding, which included 41 Blocks. The Company has a 100 percent ownership stake in the block.
Durga-1 is the second well drilled to a depth of 2615m MDRT in Block RJ-ONHP-2017/1. The Company has announced its third hydrocarbon discovery within the OALP portfolio.
During the drilling of the well, four hydrocarbon zones were encountered in the Dharvi Dungar (DD) formation of Late Paleocene to Early Eocene age.
Further evaluation is being carried out to assess potential commerciality of the discovery.
