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Cairn India seeks govt nod to raise output

Cairn India seeks govt nod to raise output

Media reports indicate that the union ministry for environment & forests received an application from Cairn India seeking permission to produce 300,000 barrels of oil equivalent and more from the RJ-ON-90/1 block. Cairn is looking to close this fiscal with production at 200,000-

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Deepest oil well drilled by ONGC at KG basin

Deepest oil well drilled by ONGC at KG basin

According to a company statement, ONGC drilled the well 1-D-1 in a block at Krishna Godavari basin. This is the deepest well drilled by the firm at a water depth of 10,411 feet (3,174 meters). The well was drilled at the block KG-DWN-2005/1. The state-owned firm drilled over 100 deepwater wells since 2004. A large number of these wells are in water depth beyond 5,000 feet in environmentally and logistically difficult areas of east and west coast, ranging from

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ONGC to invest Rs 35 bn to redevelop gas field

ONGC to invest Rs 35 bn to redevelop gas field

After discovering gas in the southern part of the South Bassein field, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) decided to undertake redevelopment programme at a cost of Rs 3,513 crore in the area. Under this programme, the firm would set up a new platform, drilling new wells, subsea systems etc. The additional gas will come on stream in the next 2-3 years time after the wells are

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Cairn India seeks extension of contract for Barmer block

Cairn India seeks extension of contract for Barmer block

Cairn India, which plans to invest $3 billion over three years to improve reserves and increase production, primarily in Rajasthan, wants government to extend contract on Barmer oil block by 10 years. The company would invest this amount after considering the remaining economic life of the field. Therefore, the firm seeks extension of the contract perio

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ONGC adds reserves in FY13

ONGC adds reserves in FY13

State-run oil and gas explorer ONGC added initial-in-place reserves of 265.65 million tonne oil plus oil-equivalent gas during 2012-13. According to internal assessment, this would mean ultimate reserves of 84.84 million tonne of oil plus oil-equivalent gas. Currently, the firm produces 44-45 million tonne of oil plus oil-equivalent gas. The firm has much more oil, as well as oil-equivalent gas because of the discoveries mad

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Cairn finds exploration not feasible in entire KG block

Cairn finds exploration not feasible in entire KG block

In a letter to the union oil ministry, Cairn India said a quarter of its KG basin block area falling on both sides of "no go area" is operationally not feasible and offered to surrender it to the government. For proper and effective exploration, only 40 per cent of the original contract area of KG-OSN-2009/3 block is feasible, it wrote

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Cairn India discovers oil in Rajasthan block

Cairn India discovers oil in Rajasthan block

Cairn India discovered crude oil at its Rajasthan oil and gas field. This is the 26th oil discovery of the company in the block. The company discovered oil and tested for the first time in Dharvi Dungar sands in Raageshwari-Tukaram area, where previous discoveries were in the shallower Thumbli sands. According to technical evaluations, Dharvi Dungar formation may have about 10 metre of gross oil colu

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Govt gets Rs 518 cr dividend from Oil India

Govt gets Rs 518 cr dividend from Oil India

For the financial year 2012-13, the central government received a dividend of Rs 518.65 crore from state-run exploration firm Oil India (OIL). Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas M Veerappa Moily received the cheque from SK Srivastava, Chairman and Managing Director of OIL towards interim dividend at 110 percent for the financial year, the company said in a state

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ONGC upgrades hired rig to drill wells

ONGC upgrades hired rig to drill wells

In order to drill three three wells in water depth ranging from 10,170 to 11,318 feet, ONGC upgraded at its own cost an ultra deep-sea drilling rig it had hired from Reliance Industries (RIL). ONGC upgraded the rig at its own cost because it does not want to take the risk of having to pay liquidated damages if these wells were not drilled on time and

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