Barmer oil fields
Also called: Mangala field · Topic: Energy Resources of India: Conventional and Non-conventional · NCERT: Beyond NCERT
Meaning
The Barmer oil fields lie in the Barmer basin of western Rajasthan, in the Thar Desert. The main field is Mangala, which the company Cairn found in 2004. The find showed that the dry desert could hold rich oil in sedimentary rocks. It added an important new onshore source to India's crude output. HPCL's new refinery is at Pachpadra, close to the fields, so the crude can be refined nearby.
Example
Mangala field in Barmer district, Rajasthan, was found by Cairn in 2004. Its crude is meant to feed the HPCL refinery at Pachpadra in the same region.
Don't confuse with
- Cambay basin: Gujarat's older oil region around the Gulf of Khambhat, producing since the 1960s. The Barmer basin is in Rajasthan, and its main find came in 2004.
Related concepts
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- Oil and Natural Gas Commission
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- Field-based and market-based refineries
- Strategic Petroleum Reserve