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A S IA-PACIFIC of Aishwariya Barmer Hill Development, production business in the future, is to
which is currently handling total liquid of investigate the potential for such a business
Cairn celebrates Aishwariya ~35,000 barrels of liquid per day (blpd) with by identifying issues and acquiring basic
~10,000 barrels of oil per day (bopd) and has
information that will form the basis for
oilfield production a capacity of handling total liquid of ~100,000 business feasibility evaluations.
blpd with minor upgrades. This has paved
Specifically, JERA plans to evaluate
milestone the way for future development plans for the potential—including area, scale, and
Aishwariya and Aishwariya Barmer Hill.
economic feasibility—of developing a
Cairn Oil & Gas, Vedanta Limited, India’s CAIRN OIL & GAS, June 15, 2021 methanation business that would produce
largest private oil and gas exploration CO2-free methane gas from hydrogen
and production company, has completed generated using low-cost renewable energy
eight years of prolific production from SOUTHEAST ASIA and CO2 captured from existing thermal
its Aishwarya oil field situated in Barmer, power plants and refineries in the United
Rajasthan. Aishwariya is the sister field Allegations related to Aker States.
to Cairn’s largest discovery in the region, Because methanation enables the
Mangala, and has contributed significantly Solutions production of CO2-free LNG from CO2-
to Cairn’s production with an estimated 54 free methane gas, JERA believes it to be a
million barrels of crude oil produced till date Petronas refers to allegations that oil and gas promising technology for utilizing existing
The prolific nature of Aishwariya had services provider, Aker Solutions, had made LNG-related infrastructure to achieve low-
become apparent when the field reached the false representations to secure a PETRONAS cost decarbonization in Japan and other
production milestone of 10 million barrels of license in relation to the ownership status of countries around the world.
crude oil within a year and a half of start of one of its local entities. JERA will conduct the study from June
production. Coupled with the hard work and As the allegations are now under the 2021 to February 2022, leveraging the
dedication of the Cairn Oil & Gas team, the purview of the authorities, PETRONAS is not expertise of its subsidiary, JERA Americas
asset has contributed to domestic production in a position to provide any statement and will Inc., which promotes renewable energy
of crude in the country. extend its fullest cooperation to the relevant development and hydrogen utilization in
Speaking on the occasion, Prachur Sah, authorities. addition to its gas-fired power generation and
Deputy CEO, Cairn Oil & Gas, said, “This PETRONAS, June 11, 2021 LNG production businesses in the United
milestone is a result of our efforts that have States.
accelerated growth plans, enabling safer JERA, June 16, 2021
oil production to put India on the path to EAST ASIA
energy security. The economic and social FSRU arrives for KARMOL’s
impact of oil production from Rajasthan JERA to conduct study on
has been immense and Aishwariya has been landmark LNG transition
an integral part of this growth journey. I’m CO2 capture, methanation
confident that we will continue to deliver KARMOL’s first Floating Storage and
‘Only Safe Production’ with focused efforts in US Regasification Unit (FSRU) has arrived in
and commitment as we march ahead in our Dakar, marking a major step forward in
organizational vision to achieve 50% of India’s JERA has received notice of acceptance of KARMOL’s LNG-to-Power project to supply
crude production.” its grant application to conduct a feasibility reliable, affordable, and cleaner energy to
Recently, execution of various new study on CO2 capture and methanation in Senegal.
growth projects has started in Aishwariya the United States under the New Energy The FSRU travelled from Singapore, where
field. The Polymer Enhanced Oil Recovery and Industrial Technology Development it was constructed in a 50/50 joint venture
(EOR) project has resulted in ~25% increase Organization’s program. between Karpowership and Japanese firm
in production. Also, a new processing The purpose of the study, with an eye Mitsui OSK Lines, called KARMOL. This is
facility, NA-01 is commissioned as a part to pursuing the CO2-free methane gas the first completed FSRU from the KARMOL
partnership.
The FSRU, KARMOL LNGT POWERSHIP
Africa, arrived in Senegalese waters on 31st
of May and will be positioned at its mooring
location to commence the commissioning
process.
The vessel will connect to a Powership, a
floating power plant, owned by Karpowership,
through gas pipelines. The Karadeniz
Powership Ayşegül Sultan, has a capacity
of 235MW and has been in operation since
October 2019, supplying 15% of Senegal’s
electricity with 220MW of power to Senegal’s
grid.
KARMOL sees the combination of FSRUs
and Powerships as a ground-breaking solution
in their mission to bring LNG utilized power

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