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| Mumbai High | |
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 Oil Rig at Mumbai High | |
  Location of Mumbai High | |
| Country | India |
| Region | Gulf of Khambhat |
| Location | off the coast of Mumbai |
| Offshore/onshore | Offshore |
| Coordinates | 19°25′00″N 71°20′00″E / 19.41667°N 71.33333°E |
| Operator | ONGC |
| Field history | |
| Discovery | 1965 |
| Start of production | 1974 |
| Production | |
| Current production of oil | 134,000 barrels per day (~6.68×106 t/a) |
| Year of current production of oil | 2024 |
| Current production of gas | 10×106 m3/d (350×106 cu ft/d) |
| Year of current production of gas | 2024 |
The Mumbai High Field, formerly called the Bombay High Field,[1] is an offshore oilfield 176 km (109 mi) off the west coast of Mumbai, in Gulf of Cambay region of India, in about 75 m (246 ft) of water.[2] The oil operations are run by India's Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC).
Mumbai High field was discovered by an Indo-Soviet oil exploration team operating from the seismic exploration vessel Academic Arkhangelsky[2] during mapping of the Gulf of Khambhat (earlier Cambay) in 1964–67, followed by a detailed survey in 1972.[2] The naming of the field is attributed to a team from a survey run in 1965 analysed in the Rashmi building in Peddar Road, Cumballa Hill, Mumbai. The first offshore well was sunk in 1974.[2]
Every oil resource rock requires Structural traps which are mainly salt dome, coral reefs, fault trap and fold trap. In case of Mumbai High, the structure is a "north-northwest to south-southeast trending doubly plunging Anticline with a faulted east limb", 65 km long and 23 km wide",[2] and is the most probable reason to call it "Mumbai High".
- ^ "Indian Oil and Gas Industry", Directorate General of Hydrocarbons
- ^ a b c d e Cite error: The named reference
Rao Talukdar 1980 p487was invoked but never defined (see the help page).