ONGC in talks with domestic shipyards for two offshore rigsIndia's Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) is initiating discussions with domestic shipyards to construct two offshore jack-up drilling rigs, ...
27 Nov, 2024, 11.47 PM IST
ONGC cuts offshore helicopter sorties during monsoon to avoid accidentsIndia's top oil and gas producer, ONGC, has reduced helicopter sorties to its offshore installations in the Arabian Sea for three months to...
02 Jun, 2024, 10.59 AM IST
ONGC finding it hard to get offshore rigs in a 'tight' marketEarlier this year, ONGC sought 12 rigs for its projects but got only 10. New rig contracts it signed then were about 50% more expensive tha...
07 Sep, 2023, 08.32 AM IST
ONGC suspends operation at drillship Aban ICE after workers contract coronavirusThe drillship, charter hired by ONGC from contractor Aban Offshore for exploratory drilling, will be unmanned until it’s sanitized and a ne...
15 Jul, 2020, 08.34 PM IST
ONGC staff body wants fewer workers on offshore platforms as COVID infections riseONGC’s offshore rigs have seen a proliferation of coronavirus cases in the last one month with 25 employees deployed on rig Sagar Jyoti and...
23 Jun, 2020, 05.45 PM IST
ONGC stops operations at 2 rigs after 54 test positive for coronavirus, one dies“To ensure safety of employees, work at two rigs has been temporarily suspended. Remaining 34 rigs are operating offshore with all Covid-19...
22 Jun, 2020, 09.39 AM IST
ONGC drills record 501 wells in FY17Oil and gas exploration is a risky business and only drilling of wells can guarantee a discovery and confirmation of reserves.
10 Apr, 2017, 02.40 PM IST
India a bright spot in the gloomy global energy industry: Jon Fredrick Muller"India is a bright spot in the gloomy global energy industry with oil giant ONGC taking a lead in upstream activities amidst the depressed ...
29 Jan, 2016, 03.06 PM IST
Dynamic Offshore Drilling to deploy rig for ONGC from next mthDynamic Offshore Drilling will deploy a newly built exploration rig in the Western offshore part of India for drilling oil and gas wells fo...
27 Jan, 2013, 01.28 PM IST
- Great Offshores jack up rig starts 5-year contract with ONGC
Great Offshore Ltd today said its 300-feet jack up rig `Kedarnath' has commenced a five-year contract with Oil and Natural Gas Corporation ...
29 Nov, 2010, 08.25 PM IST
- Safety audit discovers loopholes in two ONGC rigs
An audit of ONGC's offshore jack up drilling rigs have revealed loopholes in safety measures in at least two of its drilling rigs, a senior...
27 Jun, 2010, 08.12 PM IST
- BHEL talking to L&T, Pipavav to revive off-shore rig biz
The state-run BHEL is in talks with private companies like Larsen & Toubro and Pipavav Shipyard to jointly build off-shore oil rigs, a busi...
13 Dec, 2009, 04.08 PM IST
- Jindal Drilling in talks to build deepwater rig
Jindal Drilling & Industries, part of the DP Jindal Group, is in discussions with Norwegian offshore services group Sevan Marine to form a ...
17 Sep, 2008, 01.14 AM IST
- ONGC-SCI to test waters in rig manufacturing
In a bid to tackle the acute shortage of rigs in the international market, state-owned ONGC has decided to join hands with Shipping Corpora...
11 Jun, 2008, 12.59 AM IST
- Great Offshore to buy SeaDragon for $1.4 bn
Great Offshore is set to acquire Cayman Islands-based SeaDragon Offshore for $1.4 billion that would give the Indian company rigs, which ca...
11 May, 2008, 03.57 PM IST
- Oil explorers in a tight spot as rigs move to UK, Mexico
oil explorers led by Oil & Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) are losing rigs to rivals in countries such as Mexico and the UK as their existing contr...
20 Jun, 2007, 04.32 AM IST
- ONGC bets on term contracts for rigs
Public sector oil major ONGC could save close to a billion dollars over the next three years on charter of offshore drilling rigs, if the m...
06 Sep, 2006, 12.00 AM IST