New Delhi, 22 March 2025: On the occasion of World Water Day 2025, Cairn Oil & Gas, part of Vedanta Group and India’s largest private oil and gas exploration and production company, underscores its continued commitment to sustainable water management.

With dedicated efforts, Cairn is championing water stewardship through water conservation across its operations while ensuring that communities have access to clean and safe water. The company’s comprehensive program focuses on conserving water resources, promoting efficient usage, enhancing recycling and harvesting rainwater to sustain and improve water positivity.

In the past few years, Cairn has undergone transformative changes resulting in achieving key milestones and setting industry benchmarks. 

1. Net Water Positive Company: Cairn Oil & Gas has been a Net Water Positive company since FY22, with an increasing Net Positive Water Impact (NPWI) Index of 1.15. 
2. Saline Water Utilisation: Over 99% of the operational water requirements are fulfilled through saline water resources, reducing burden on freshwater sources, ensuring availability to communities.
3. Water Conservation: Through advanced water recycling technologies, Cairn has conserved approximately 7 lakh KL of water in the last five years, achieving a water recycling rate of 85% in FY25. 
4. Produced Water Reinjection: The company achieved ~97% of produced water recycling through reinjection in FY25, exceeding IOGP Global benchmark of 62%. 

Cairn promotes shared value and is committed to enhance the overall well-being and quality of life among local communities. As part of its social impact initiatives, Cairn has taken measures to ensure access to clean and safe water in the region where it operates. 

In Rajasthan, Cairn supported the local communities in conserving water through various interventions under Barmer Unnati project. To date, we have developed ~1100 rainwater harvesting structures in Barmer community area to create annual rainwater harvesting potential of 2.17 million KL. These structures include 37 Nadis, 973 Khadins, 90+ RWH. Alongside, building 15 community borewells and establishing 124 water ATM to provide clean drinking water to hundreds of households. The company aims to develop 100+ structures in Barmer district by end of 2025 to enable harvesting of 3 million KL of rainwater annually. More than 60,000 community members benefit from these interventions.

In Assam, the company has installed seven tubewells in Pas Chamua village of Naginijan, ensuring clean drinking water for hundreds of people in the area. In addition, it has equipped important local public offices with Reverse Osmosis (RO) purifiers to ensure clean drinking water for the citizens visiting these offices to avail public services such as government schemes and legal matters.

This year’s World Water Day theme ‘Glacier Preservation’ stresses the urgent need to protect glaciers worldwide to maintain the planet’s water cycle and freshwater availability. In line with the ESG Goal of Transforming the Planet, Cairn is committed to undertake mass plantation and preserve ecologically sensitive species through biodiversity initiatives. As part of its goal to plant 2 million trees by 2030, the company has already done 7.6 lakh trees including mangroves, prioritising native species for carbon offsets and ecosystem restoration.

About Cairn Oil & Gas

Cairn Oil & Gas, part of Vedanta Limited, is India’s largest private oil and gas exploration and production company, contributing about a quarter of India’s domestic crude production and driving energy security for the country. With a world-class resource base, Cairn has an interest in 62 blocks in India spread over 60,000 square kilometres with gross 2P (Gross Proved Plus Probable Reserves) and 2C (Gross Contingent Reserves) of 1.4 bn boe. Cairn has producing assets across Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, and Assam, and has spearheaded several technological innovations with high-reward prospects, over the last 30 years of its operations. The company has a vision to contribute 50% of domestic production, executing one of the largest exploration projects in India across its diversified portfolio comprising conventional and unconventional projects such as Tight Oil & Gas, Deep & Shallow Water, ASP and CBM, reinstating the faith in the country’s hydrocarbon potential.

Cairn is committed to achieving Net Zero by 2030 by prioritising environmental resilience and is driving transformative social impact at scale. It has become the first Indian company to sign the United Nations Environment Programme’s methane reporting and reduction initiative – OGMP 2.0. 

About Vedanta Limited

Vedanta Limited (“Vedanta”), a subsidiary of Vedanta Resources Limited, is one of the world’s leading natural resources companies spanning across India, South Africa, Namibia, Liberia, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Korea, Taiwan and Japan with significant operations in Oil & Gas, Zinc, Lead, Silver, Copper, Iron Ore, Steel, Nickel, Aluminium, Power & Glass Substrate and foraying into electronics and display glass manufacturing. For two decades, Vedanta has been contributing significantly to nation building. Governance and sustainable development are at the core of Vedanta’s strategy, with a strong focus on health, safety, and environment. Vedanta has put in place a comprehensive framework to be the ESG leader in the natural resources sector, is committed to reducing carbon emissions to net zero by 2050 or sooner and aims to spend $5 billion over the next 10 years to accelerate this transition. Giving back is in the DNA of Vedanta, which is focused on enhancing the lives of local communities. Anil Agarwal Foundation, the umbrella entity for Vedanta’s social initiatives, has pledged Rs 5000 crore over the next five years on various social impact programs and its flagship project, Nand Ghar is setting up model anganwadis across India. Vedanta Ltd. ranked 3rd in the S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment 2023, and has been listed in the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index. The company has also been certified as a Great Place to Work 2023. Vedanta Limited is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange.

For more information, please visit www.cairnindia.com / www.vedantalimited.com

For any media queries, please contact: 

Ms. Shivanjali Singh
Chief Communication Officer
Cairn Oil & Gas, Vedanta Ltd
Shivanjali.Singh@cairnindia.com