The joint venture (JV) of Cairn India and Oil and Natural Gas Corporation has started delivering crude oil to private refineries from its crude oil pipeline in the Rajasthan block.
“The 590-km Barmer to Salaya section of the Barmer to Bhogat pipeline is now operational, with oil supplies having commenced to the private refineries from the delivery point at Salaya,” Cairn India today said in a statement. The JV will also soon start selling crude to Indian Oil Corporation through the pipeline, it said. Currently, the Rajasthan block is producing 60,000 barrels of oil per day. The company expects crude sales from the Rajasthan block to reach 125,000 barrels of oil per day in the second half of calendar year 2010, it said.
