Mangala Area
| Mangala Area (Mangala, Bhagyam and Aishwariya Fields) | |
|---|---|
Location of Mangala Area (Mangala, Bhagyam and Aishwariya Fields) | |
| Country | India |
| Block | RJ-ON-90-2 |
| Offshore/onshore | Onshore |
| Coordinates | 25°57′31″N 71°30′34″E / 25.9586495°N 71.5095209°E |
| Operators | Cairn India |
| Partners | Oil and Natural Gas Corporation |
| Field history | |
| Discovery | 1999 |
| Start of production | Nov 2005 |
| Abandonment | 2041 (expected) |
| Production | |
| Current production of oil | 200,000 barrels per day (~1.0×107 t/a) |
| Estimated oil in place | 3,600 million barrels (~4.9×108 t) |
| Producing formations | Tertiary, 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.