Thar Desert scale. Barmer district is in the news due to its large oil basin. The British exploration company Cairn Energy started production of oil on a large scale. Mangala, Bhagyam and Aishwariya are the major oil fields in the district. This is India's biggest oil discovery in 22 years. This promises to transform the local economy, which has long suffered from the harshness of the desert. The Government of India initiated departmental exploration for oil in 1955-56 in the Jaisalmer area, Oil India Limited's discovered natural gas in 1988 in the Jaisalmer basin. Also known for their fine leather messenger bags
Thar Jath Airstrip airport that serves the town of Duar and surrounding communities. It also serves the Thar Jath oil field. There are no known scheduled airlines serving this airport at this time, but the United Nations Humanitarian Air Service served the field from Rumbek Airport. Thar Jath Airstrip Thar Jath Airstrip is an airport in South Sudan. Thar Jath Airstrip is located in Guit County, Fangak State, in north central South Sudan, near the town of Duar. This location lies approximately , by air, north of Juba International Airport, the largest airport in South Sudan. The geographic coordinates of this airport are: