State-run Coal India Ltd. has inked a pact with Oil and Natural Gas Corp. to pursue the study of underground coal gasification.
Junior Minister for Coal Santosh Bagrodia said in a statement CIL entered into a memorandum of understanding with ONGC to jointly pursue a pilot-scale study for underground coal gasification.
He said ONGC, in turn, signed [...]
India’s state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp. said it will notify four oil and gas discoveries in a month to the Directorate-General of Hydrocarbons.
The decision came at an ONGC board meeting Monday, an ONGC statement said Tuesday.
The board also cleared three major investments for growth-oriented projects, the statement said, adding these are the reconfiguration of [...]
India said 13 oil and gas exploration blocks are under operation in various parts of Rajasthan state.
“Currently, 13 oil and gas exploration blocks are under operation in production-sharing contract regime falling in the 14 districts of Rajasthan state. In addition, Oil and Natural Gas Corp. and Oil India Ltd. are also licensees in pre-new exploration [...]
An ongoing aeromagnetic survey by Cairn Energy Ltd has indicated that Purnea district in Bihar may have huge reserves of oil and natural gas.
“As per the initial data collected during the survey, chances of oil and natural gas reserves are high in Purnea. We are keeping our fingers crossed for the time being,” said energy [...]
India’s top energy firms are set to win the most blocks in the country’s gas-rich offshore exploration areas when the results of the latest asset auction are announced this week, a senior official said on Tuesday.
Leading state-run energy exploration company Oil and Natural Gas Corp. (ONGC) will be awarded 25 blocks in the country’s largest [...]
Drilling at offshore Farsi Block, southern Iran, is promising good results, Hossein Roshandel, the director for exploration at the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) said, MNA reported.
“Three wells have been so far drilled at the block, indicating the existence of oil in the area,†he told the Petroenergy Information Network (PIN).
He added that the [...]
India’s Oil and Natural Gas Corp. says it has resolved differences with British oil explorer Cairn Energy’s Indian arm over the construction of a 340 million dollar domestic pipeline.
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) managing director R.S. Sharma told reporters in New Delhi that the state-run firm had “reached an understanding” on the pipeline that [...]
Oil & Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) has entered into an agreement with Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation Ltd (GSPCL) for the sale of natural gas from its Olpad field in Ankleshwar.
The agreement, which was recently signed, is valid for three years. It can be renewed for another two years.
Speaking to DNA Money, NK Mitra, director (offshore), [...]
India plans to get more oil and gas from Russia as part of its efforts to diversify sources of energy, Petroleum Minister Murli Deora said.
“Russia is our important friend and we look towards them when we think of our energy needs and security of the country,” Deora said at a function organized to mark the [...]
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and its partners, Cairn Energy and Videocon Industries, have begun fresh drilling in the Ravva field to extend oil production by a year.
The ONGC-Cairn-Videocon joint venture is planning to drill 5 in-fill wells to extend the plateau production rate and increase ultimate recovery.
“The campaign of in-fill well drilling is [...]
