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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EIL to upgrade Oil India’s pipeline
Oil India awarded the Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management (EPCM) contract to Engineers India (EIL) for upgrading pump stations or terminal of the Naharkatiya-Barauni crude oil pipeline. Oil India decided to upgrade the pumping stations or terminals to reduce operation and maintenance cost and increase the throughput of the system for acc
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Centre upgrades 6 highways in AP to national highways
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy thanked the central government for upgrading six state highways in the state into national highways. The six highways are Naidupeta-Renigunta; Sangareddy-Nanded-Akola; Mydukur-Gooty; Rayachoti-Kurabalakota; Hyderabad-Srisailam-Thokapalle and a stret
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Land dispute delays MUTP-II project
Maharashtra government and the Indian Railways are locked in an ownership dispute over a 20,000 sq m land in Bandra, Mumbai. The commercial exploitation of the land is necessary for the Rs 5,300-crore Mumbai Urban Transport Project-II (MUTP-II) project, which was sanctioned in 2008. The project was approved under the arrangement that nearl