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ONGC to intensify gas production in Tripura to feed power plants: Official

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has intensified operations to increase gas production in Tripura to feed power generation plants in the northeastern state, an official said on Monday. The decision comes amid reports of a reduction in gas supply to various gas-based power generation plants in the state. ONGC produced 1,527 million standard cubic metres (MMSCM) of gas in Tripura in the 2023-24 fiscal, while it has set a target of extracting 1,675 MMSCM gas in the current fiscal. "ONGC has been working to increase gas production so that sufficient gas is supplied to the gas-based power plants in Tripura. We have already set a target of extracting 1,675 MMSCM of gas during the current fiscal year (2024-25) while the production was 1,527 MMSCM in 2023-24," ONGC's Tripura Asset Manager Krishna Kumar told PTI. He said that ONGC will dig as many as 20 new wells for gas exploration in the financial year 2024-25 and one more rig will be added shortly to boost the exploration drive. At

ONGC acquires Equior stake in Azerbaijan oilfields for $60 million

ONGC Videsh Ltd, the overseas investment arm of state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), has acquired Norwegian firm Equinor's stake in an Azerbaijan oilfield and an associated pipeline for USD 60 million, the firm said in a statement. OVL "has signed a definitive sale purchase agreement (SPA) for directly acquiring 0.615 per cent participating interest (PI) in offshore Azeri Chirag Gunashli (ACG) oil field in Azerbaijan from Equinor. The agreement also includes acquiring 0.737 per cent shares of the Baku Tbilisi Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline company through its wholly-owned subsidiary ONGC BTC Limited," it added. The acquisitions, expected to be completed in the upcoming months, involve a total investment of up to USD 60 million. OVL currently has a 2.31 per cent stake in the ACG field and 2.36 per cent in the BTC pipeline. The buyout of Equinor will help raise its stake. Equinor, in December last year, announced an agreement to sell all its remaining assets in Azerbaijan to SO

ONGC Q4 results: Net profit rises 78% to Rs 11,526 cr, dividend announced

ONGC's board has recommended final dividend at the rate of Rs 2.50 per equity share of face value

ONGC seeks premium over govt price for coal seam gas in Jharkhand

State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) is seeking a premium over the government gas price for the gas it plans to produce from coal seams in Jharkhand. ONGC has sought bids from users for sale of 0.05 million standard cubic metres per day of gas from the North Karanpura coal-bed methane (CBM) block for three years. Users have been asked to quote a premium they are willing to pay over and above the monthly domestic natural gas price that the Oil Ministry's Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC) notifies, the tender document showed. PPAC every month declares a price for the majority of domestically produced natural gas. This price is 10 per cent of the monthly average of the basket of crude oil that India imports. For the month of January, this price comes to USD 7.82 per million British thermal unit. This price in the ONGc tender has been marked as reserve gas price. While the government sets price for two-thirds of the gas produced in the country, CBM gas enjoys .

ONGC seeks partners to cut gas flaring, zero methane emission by 2030

India's top oil and gas producer ONGC is seeking global technology partners to cut gas flaring and achieve zero methane emission by 2030 as part of its ambitious decarbonisation plan, its chairman Arun Kumar Singh said on Monday. Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has substantially cut gas flaring -- burning of methane gas that is produced when oil is extracted from below surface -- and would look to bring it down to nil as part of its environmental commitments. In a post on LinkedIn, Singh said India's role in the global energy landscape is progressively becoming pivotal, and is likely to account for 25 per cent of global energy demand growth over the next two decades. According to the International Energy Agency, India's share in global primary energy consumption is expected to rise to 9.8 per cent by 2050. "India's share in cumulative global green-house-gas (GHG) emissions has been only 4 per cent, and current emission is 7 per cent, despite its population share of 16-17 per

Energy surge: Oil and gas sector set for good growth in FY24, FY25

Natural gas consumption to rise 10-15% this financial year, driven by CGD

ONGC Videsh to raise upto Rs 5,000 cr via debentures to fund capex, assets

The operational linkages are driven by companies operating in the same segment, with OVL being essential to ONGC for providing ownership in international oil and gas-producing assets

Failure to meet household gas demand will have consequences, says regulator

In many cases, connections have been provided, but the gas flow has not been initiated, the Chairman of Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board said

India's top oil companies slide on net-zero goals to slash emissions

They have ambitious targets, but are still to outline how they'll get there or their funding plans

ONGC posts Rs 248-crore loss in Q4 on tax provisions; profit down 3.7%

India's top oil and gas producer ONGC posted a surprise loss in the March quarter after it made over Rs 12,100 crore provision for a contested tax liability. Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) reported a net loss of Rs 247.70 crore in the January-March quarter as compared to a net profit of Rs 8,859.54 crore a year back, according to a company statement. Service tax department at various work centres had raised a demand for payment of service tax on the royalty the company paid to the state and central government on crude oil and natural gas it produces from below ground. The company challenged the demands in courts. While the matter is pending in courts, "as an abundant caution, the company has deposited the disputed service tax and GST on royalty along with interest under-protest amounting to Rs 11,558 crore up to March 31, 2023," the notes to the accounts said, adding Rs 1,862 crore towards penalty and other differences in the tax demands has also been disclosed as contingent

Oil and Natural Gas Co to bet on deepwater oil as India seeks to cut import

India, with a fast-growing appetite for crude, is eager to reduce its fuel import bill and bolster energy security, and has encouraged companies like state-controlled ONGC to do more

ONGC stepping up $7 billion drive to boost output in next 3-4 years

State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) is stepping up a USD 7 billion investment over the next three-four years to reverse years of decline in oil and gas production, company's director for production Pankaj Kumar said. Up to 24 field development, enhanced oil recovery (EOR) and improved oil recovery (IOR) projects are currently in progress that will further help reverse the declining trend in oil and gas production. "Most of our fields are old where natural decline has set in. But we are heavily investing in technology to raise recovery as well as tap isolated reservoirs," he told PTI. ONGC is investing USD 5 billion-plus in development of the Cluster-II region of its flagship KG-DWN-98/2 asset in the Krishna Godavari basin offshore India's eastern coast. It also has multiple field developments in the west coast region, including a planned fifth phase of redevelopment of Mumbai High along with the development of neighbouring fields like Daman, he said, adding these ...

ONGC Videsh to increase spending by 65% in FY24 to push overseas operations

Latin America, Africa, and Russia are expected to play key roles in helping OVL achieve its long-term production targets

Govt made Rs 31,106 cr in FY23 through disinvestment, reports DIPAM

The sale of 3.5 per cent of its stake in the LIC through an IPO brought the govt Rs 20,516.12 crore as receipts

ONGC in talks with energy giants for deepwater exploration technologies

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) is in talks with global oil majors to infuse state-of-the-art technologies in its aggressive exploration push in deepwaters of India.The 'Maharatna' held a parley of discussions with major operators in the India Energy Week in Bengaluru during 6-8 February 2023.ONGC held discussions with the American oil and gas giant ExxonMobil, the Norwegian energy multinational Equinor, the American oil services conglomerate Baker Hughes, and the French research organization Institut Francais du Petrole on various issues like Technology, and deepwaters.On 6 February 2023, speaking at the Leadership Panel on "The importance of continued investment in Exploration and Production", ONGC Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Arun Kumar Singh said "Energy security is geography dependent. India has kept E and P investment the same, and ONGC invests USD 3.5 billion to keep up production."Eyeing deep-water exploration, Singh highlighted that "The world is .

ONGC to start oil production from Krishna Godavari D5 block in May

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation's (ONGC's) delayed Krishna Godavari basin KG-D5 project is likely to start crude oil production in May this year and gas output a year later, a senior company official said. ONGC was originally to start gas production from the Cluster-II fields in block KG-DWN-98/2 (KG-D5) in June 2019 and the first oil was to flow in March 2020. But these targets were shifted. The company blamed contracting and supply chains issues due to the pandemic for shifting the start of oil production first to November 2021, then to third quarter of 2022 and now to May 2023. Gas output start target was first revised to May 2021, then to May 2023 and now to May 2024. Company's director (offshore) Pankaj Kumar said a floating production unit, called FPSO, which will be used to produce oil, is already in Indian waters. "We estimate oil production should start in May," he said. The block is currently producing 1.7 million standard cubic metres per day (mmscmd) of natural gas. "We

ONGC to invest Rs 2,150 cr on drilling 53 exploratory wells in Andhra

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd proposes to drill 53 exploratory wells in Andhra Pradesh- 50 in Godavari on-Land PML (Petroleum Mining Lease) Block of KG Basin and three in CD-ONHP-2020/1 (OALP-Vi) Block Of Cuddapah basin with an investment outlay of Rs 2,150 crore. Andhra Pradesh State-Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) in a meeting held last month cleared two separate proposals put up by the ONGC for environmental clearance. According to ONGC, it proposes to carry out the onshore exploration of 50 wells during 2021-'28 in Godavari on-land PML block of KG basin in East and West Godavari Districts of AP based on the geological and geophysical studies. These wells will be converted to development wells and connected to the nearest Early Production System (EPS)/ Gas Collecting Station (GCS) if proved commercially viable, it further said. "Total of Rs 2,000 crore (approximately Rs 40 crore for each well), ONGC said in case of KG basin exploratory wells. ONGC ..

Kirit Parikh panel recommendations: 'Remove caps on gas prices by 2027'

The committee has also recommended a ceiling price of $6.5 per mmBtu, which may be increased yearly by about $0.5 per mmBtu till 2027, Parikh said

India's gas target of 15% was only aspirational. Time to give it up?

While several bankers and analysts have projected the difficulty of reaching this number, it is important to figure out where the target of 15 per cent came from

Centre gets huge dividend tranche of Rs 5,001 crore as dividend from ONGC

The Central government on Monday received a huge dividend tranche of Rs 5,001 crore from the Maharatna company ONGC.