Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
New Delhi State-run oil explorer ONGC said on Saturday it has made a huge oil discovery off the west coast that will help the state-owned firm raise its sagging oil output. The new discovery was made in the currently producing D1 oilfield. The find “will catapult D1 to become the …
GAIL, IOC keen to source LNG from Russia GAIL (India), Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) and ONGC Videsh Limited (OVL) have expressed their willingness to source LNG on long- and medium-term basis from existing and upcoming LNG liquefaction terminals, including for the Ennore LNG terminal, in Russia. Senior officials in the …
Chandigarh: Oil and Natural Gas Commission’s former engineer I.S. Kalsi was today asked by the Punjab and Haryana High Court to submit his report on uranium content in Malwa waters. The directions came after Kalsi claimed before the Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice Jasbir Singh and Justice Rakesh Kumar …
Jaisalmer: Public sector company Oil India Ltd (OIL) has for the first time found oil reserves at Poonam Singh ki Dhani in Nachna area of Jaisalmer 1,230 metre below the ground. According to sources, digging of oil well is going on at the allotted block RJON 2004/2 NILP/16 in Nachna …
Tripura will emerge as the biggest on-land natural gas producing state in the country by 2014 with the capacity of producing 50 lakh cubic meter natural gas (5 MMSCMD) per day, a top official of ONGC said, reports PTI. “Now 18 lakh cubic meter gas (1.83 MMSCMD) is produced daily …
The Association of Scientific and Technical Officers (ASTO) and Employees’ Welfare Committee (EWC) of Assam Asset, the two leading unions affiliated to the ONGC had jointly organised a relief camp at Rupohimukh recently for the flood-affected people. Three thousand mosquito nets and kitchen utensils were distributed among the affected families …
Agartala, July 25: The Assam government is keen to purchase surplus power set to be produced in North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited (Neepco)’s Monarchak thermal power plant in West Tripura’s Sonamura subdivison to cover up the widening gap in demand and supply of power in the state. Dispur is …
Uttar Pradesh, which has about 4,000 mines of coal, silica, bauxite and granite – mostly in Bundelkhand region, has mandated e-tendering for future allotment of mining leases in the state. This step is aimed at preventing hitherto rampant illegal mining and ushering transparency in allotment of mining leases. Under the …
SIVASAGAR: With the rising water levels of mighty Brahmaputra and its tributaries causing unprecedented havoc in Assam, ONGC conducted relief operation to help the flood affected people of the State. ONGC has so far taken a slew of initiatives to give respite to the people hit hard by nature’s fury. …
Co hopes to finalise equity deal by this month-end for its KG block that lies next to RIL’s D6 field The country’s largest staterun energy explorer Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) is betting big on its gas acreages in the Krishna-Godavri basin, Daman and the Mahanadi basin, and is …
In a significant decision, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has directed the Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry to carry out a revamp of the Directorate-General of Hydrocarbons (DGH) within three months with focus on strengthening its technical, legal and financial aspects to make it a world class body for better …
The major reason for production shortfall was delays in project implementation by ONGC and Cairn Energy India missed oil and natural gas production targets by a wide margin due to fall in output at Reliance Industries' KG-D6 fields and delays in implementation of project by ONGC, according to Planning Commission. …
Drawing India into the South China Sea muddle, China has put up a Vietnamese petroleum block under exploration by an Indian oil firm for global bidding. While the move was meant to counter a Hanoi legislation asserting the country’s control over offshore areas and islands, which Beijing considers disputed, it …
Mumbai The consortium comprising Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation (GSPC), Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), Bharat Petroleum (BPCL) and Oil India (OIL) is likely to sweeten its bid for British Gas’ (BG) 65.12% stake in the Rs. 2,500-crore Gujarat Gas Company, ending months of impasse over the valuation of India’s …
Agartala: The first unit of ONGC-Tripura Power Corporation’s 726 MW gas-based power plant at Palatana in southern Tripura will start generation by September, officials said here on Monday. On Monday, ONGC started supplying natural gas to the plant through a 54 km-long pipeline. Before the commercial generation of electricity from …
ONGC-Tripura Power Corporation is a 726.6 MW gas-based power project ONGC's Tripura unit would start releasing gas tomorrow to the ONGC-Tripura Power Corporation (OTPC) for the first phase of the 726.6-MW gas-based power project at Palatana in Gomati district, official sources said today. K Satyanarayana, manager, ONGC, Tripura Asset, will …
ONGC has received 121,207 carbon credits for its 51 MW wind power project at Bhuj in Gujarat, the company said in a statement. These credit points have been given by the United Nations body on climate change — United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.“This is the first issuance of …
Power situation in the city is likely to improve soon with Reliance Industries Ltd. agreeing to supply gas to the Bawana power plant, built at a cost of Rs.4,500 crore, to facilitate generation of 750 MW of power. “Reliance Industries Ltd. has agreed to supply the gas to the plant. …
More than six months since it has received expression of interests (EoI) from private operators, ONGC now proposes to farm out operating interests in four coal-bed methane assets. According to sources, the proposal was placed during the E&P; major’s last board meeting. Sources told Business Line that though the issue …
Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) and China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) will renew a co-operation pact in areas such as exploration, an Indian oil ministry official said. The energy-hungry Asian nations - widely blamed for a record rise in oil prices - usually compete for stakes in foreign oil …
