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Vedanta made this gas and condensate discovery, named ‘Jaya’, in its block CB-ONHP-2017/2 in the Bharuch district of Gujarat in August 2021. This is the first field development plan submitted for any discovery in the 144 blocks awarded under open acreage licensing policy (OALP) to various companies, Vedanta said. Vedanta has exploration licenses for 51 OALP blocks.
Vedanta has signed a commercial gas sales agreement for gas off-take from this field. During the appraisal phase, Jaya's gas was evacuated through truck-mounted compressed natural gas (CNG) kits and taken to nearby CNG gas stations, the company said. “This is the first-of-its-kind facility where sales through a CNG cascade system is being done by an exploration & production operator from an exploration well,” it added. This enabled the company to minimize gas flaring during the field appraisal.