Cairn Lanka, a fully owned subsidiary of Cairn India, continued to taste success in its hydrocarbons hunt in the western coast of Sri Lanka. The company on Monday said it has discovered more natural gas reserves in Mannar basin.

However, whether the deposits will be commercially viable will be known only after more drilling activity is undertaken in the block, a company official said.

Early October, the company had announced that it had struck gas in the first well it drilled in.

In a statement issued here, Cairn said that it has notified the appropriate authorities in the Government of Sri Lanka of a gas discovery in the CLPL-Barracuda-1G/1 well, located in the block SL2007-01-001. Cairn will evaluate the well results and work with appropriate authorities to determine the commercial potential of this discovery, the company said.

This is the second well in a three-well frontier basin programme. Cairn Lanka is the operator and has a 100 per cent participating interest in the block.

Cairn said that the well has encountered 24 metres of hydrocarbon bearing sandstone in three zones between the depths of 4,067 metres and 4,206 metres. The reservoirs are predominantly gas bearing with some additional liquid hydrocarbon potential.

An update on the well results will be provided after the end of the programme, which is expected to be complete by early next year, the company said.

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