Cairn India [Get Quote], the company that gave the country its biggest onland oil find, has launched an intensive recruitment campaign to fill key positions needed for beginning production from the Rajasthan oilfield.

The recruitment drive is looking to fill more than 300 key positions for the Rajasthan project, a company statement said.

Cairn, along with its state-run partner ONGC [Get Quote] is developing the Rajasthan fields, including the giant Mangala discovery by 2009.

The company aims to step up its crude oil production and have a 25 per cent share of oil produced in India.

"Post 2010, Cairn India will be responsible for up to 25 per cent of India's crude production," Cairn India director operations Rolf Stork said.

The company plans to recruit professionals to assist in the operations and maintenance of mechanical plant and equipment associated with the Rajasthan wells, production, utilities and pipeline facilities.

Oil field development work in Rajasthan has already begun and the integrated upstream and midstream development is on course to produce oil from Mangala in the second half of 2009.