Cairn Oil & Gas, a vertical of Vedanta Limited, is one of the largest oil and gas exploration and production companies in India. Cairn contributed ~25% to India's domestic crude oil production in financial year 2017-18, and has a vision to produce 50% of India’s oil and gas. Cairn has built the world's longest continuously heated and insulated pipeline, executed the world's largest Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) polymer flood project and is implementing the world's largest Alkaline Surfactant Polymer (ASP) project. As part of the Open Acreage Licensing Policy (OALP) auction Round 1, the Government of India has allotted 41 of 55 oil blocks to Cairn Oil & Gas, in the states of Andhra Pradesh , Assam, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, and Gujarat. With the addition of these new blocks, Cairn's portfolio now adds up to ~50,000 square kilometers, paving way for the next wave of hydrocarbon explorations in the country.
