Indian company drills second oil well off Sri Lanka seas

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An Indian company engaged in exploring oil in the seas of northern Sri Lanka has begun drilling a second well, the Sri Lankan government said. Cairn Lanka, a subsidiary of Cairn India, who had recently announced the discovery of oil in the Mannar basin has now begun drilling a second well to look for oil in the island nation.

The Sri Lankan Information Department said that in its first well, Cairn has found a 25-metre hydrocarbon deposit at a depth of 3,000 metres.

The Indian company has now started work on a second well after its first successful attempt, and also hopes to drill three wells under its exploration programme, which is expected to be completed early in 2012.

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