Oil India Limited achieves record natural gas production in Jaisalmer, strengthens India’s energy security

Oil India Limited's record natural gas production in Jaisalmer’s Rajasthan basin highlights critical vulnerabilities in India’s energy infrastructure supply chain security. The achievement underscores India’s growing dependence on centralized energy sources, which are susceptible to cyber-physical attacks targeting industrial control systems (ICS) and operational technology (OT) networks. Recent CVE-2024-3708 and CVE-2024-20339 vulnerabilities in ICS platforms used by Oil India Limited could enable unauthorized access or disruption of critical production systems.

Oil India Limited has achieved a decade-high annual natural gas production from Rajasthan's Jaisalmer basin, producing 254.90 MMSCM in FY 2025-26. This record output, crucial for India's energy security amidst global supply concerns, significantly supports Ra…