Mangala Area

Mangala Area (Mangala, Bhagyam and Aishwariya Fields)
Location of Mangala Area (Mangala, Bhagyam and Aishwariya Fields)
CountryIndia
BlockRJ-ON-90-2
Offshore/onshoreOnshore
Coordinates25°57′31″N 71°30′34″E / 25.9586495°N 71.5095209°E / 25.9586495; 71.5095209
OperatorsCairn India
PartnersOil and Natural Gas Corporation
Field history
Discovery1999
Start of productionNov 2005
Abandonment2041 (expected)
Production
Current production of oil200,000 barrels per day (~1.0×10^7 t/a)
Estimated oil in place3,600 million barrels (~4.9×10^8 t)
Producing formationsTertiary, Palaeocene, Fatehgarh

The Mangala Area, located in Block RJ-ON-90-1 (the Rajasthan Block), is a major oil field located in the Indian State of Rajasthan. The Mangala area consists of over 16 separate oil and gas fields of which the majority of the reserves are located in the three fields of Mangala, Bhagyam and Aishwariya. The Mangala Area sits in Barmer Basin and is thought to contain oil in place volumes of 3.6 billion barrels (570,000,000 m3), of which 1 billion barrels (160,000,000 m3) are thought to be recoverable. Cairn India is the operator of the field, a subsidiary of Vedanta Group.