State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and Oil India (OIL) may be roped in by the Union government to explore shale gas in onland blocks held by them under nomination, giving them an edge over rivals who can start the hunt only after auction of blocks, whose date has not been announced yet. Shale gas is non-conventional natural gas found in non-porous rocks and requires fracking technology for its extraction, similar to the extraction of gas between coal seams in India.
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Ministry norms hinder ONGC’s exploration plan
According to media reports, the restriction on exploration in 'no-go' areas imposed by the ministry of defence (MoD) may hinder Oil and Natural Gas Corporation's (ONGC) business plan. The public sector firm plans to rope in technical parters for its deep water and ultra deep water blocks, which fall unde
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Rs 950 cr to be invested in Panna oil field
To produce more output in Panna oil field, an investment of Rs 950 crore is being invested jointly by the State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and its partners-Reliance Industries and BG Exploration and Production India. The consortium is to dig more wells in the fied. ONGC has a 40 per cent interest in the oil field. Recently, the output in Panna field has come down.
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MRPL to open 120 fuel retail shops in Karnataka
Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL), subsidiary of the government-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) is ready with a blueprint for 120 retail outlets to be rolled out in Karnataka. MRPL entered the fuel retail segment in 2008. Karnataka is MRPL's base-state. MRPL has approval to set up 500 retail outlets and its parent company ONGC has an approval to set up 1,100 retail outlets. Setting up an outlet costs MRPL Rs 5 crore.
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MRPL to procure crude oil from ONGC
Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals (MRPL) would procure Rs 38,500 crore worth of crude oil from Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) for a five-year period, according to an agreement signed between the firms recently. MRPL is a subsidiary of ONGC. ONGC would supply Mumbai High crude from JNPT and offshore platform to MRPL. ONGC supplies about 11-12 per cent
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RIL agrees to share infra facility with ONGC
Reliance Industries (RIL) agreed to share its infrastructural facility on the East Coast of the country with Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC). Both the companies recently entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in this regard. According to the MoU, both the firms would work out the mod
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ONGC to double its output in 17 years
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation's (ONGC) Assam asset has set in motion a multi-disciplinary approach to complete projects on time so as to double its production by 2030 from the current level of 1.21 million tonne per year. ONGC's ED-asset manager of Assam Asset, BK Baruah, said in Jorhat that more wells need to be drilled with the latest technology, emphasis has to be laid on opening up new horizons by strengthening exploration activities, a multi-disciplinary approach should be adopted to ensu
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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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ONGC offloads stake in coal bed methane blocks
State-run energy explorer Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) offloaded stake in four of its coal bed methane (CBM) gas blocks to foreign and domestic firms through a recently held auction. The blocks in which the company wanted to divest stakes are Jharia and Bokaro blocks in Jharkhand and North Karanpura and South Karanpura assets in Raniganj, West
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ONGC seeks buyers for natural gas
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) intends to sell 15,000 standard cubic metre per day (scmd) of gas from the marginal gas fields in Gamij near Kheda. The public sector major will sell the 15,000 gas from the field for a period of five years. For this purpose, the state-run energy explorer invited fresh bids from interested gas consumers after facin