ONGC plans Rs 650 cr wind power project in Rajasthan

State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) proposes to invest Rs 650 crore to set up a wind power project in Rajasthan.

"ONGC proposes to set up 102 megawatt (MW) capacity wind power project in Rajasthan at an estimated cost of Rs 650 crore," Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Jitin Prasada said in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha here.

The average annual generation would be in the range of 200-210 million units (one unit is equal to one kilowatt hour).

ONGC is also examining the feasibility of setting up a 501-MW grid connected solar power photovoltaic (PV) project in Gujarat and Rajasthan and some of its own installations.

"No time limit has been fixed to finalise the project. However, it would be ONGC's endeavour to finalise the project at the earliest," he said.

To a separate question, Prasada said ONGC recently approved development of Cluster-7 and WO-Cluster oil and gas fields in the western offshore.

"The estimated in place crude oil reserves in Cluster-7 and WO-Cluster are 35.91 million tonnes and 15.71 million tonnes, respectively and in place natural gas reserves in both the fields are 4.53 billion cubic meter and 15.91 bcm respectively," he said.

ONGC, he said, has drawn up a plan for improved oil recovery (IOR) and enhanced oil recovery (EOR) projects in 15 major fields, including Mumbai High.

The IOR schemes in Mumbai High North, Mumbai High South, Heera Part-1, Neelam, Heera Part-II oil and gas fields of western offshore, Gandhar, North Kadi Phase-I and II, Jotana Sobhasan, Santhal and Kalol fields in Gujarat have been completed.

"The facilities have been created for EOR schemes in Sanand, Balol and Santhal (fields) in Guajrat," he said. "The work for other IOR schemes namely Lakwa, Geleki and Rudrasagar (fields) have already commenced."