India crude oil production falls for 11th year, gas declines againIndia's crude oil and natural gas production continued to decline in 2025-26 due to ageing fields and a lack of new discoveries, increasing...
22 Apr, 2026, 11.57 PM IST
ONGC cancels jack-up rig tender over cartelisation fears, flags 60% spike in bid pricesState-run ONGC has cancelled a tender for jack-up rigs due to concerns over unusual price hikes and bid patterns, suspecting collusive prac...
22 Apr, 2026, 11.55 PM IST
ONGC rig pricing veto may tighten fuel tapIndia's offshore drilling sector is facing a significant challenge. Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has cancelled multiple tenders f...
20 Apr, 2026, 07.40 AM IST
ONGC floats $20 billion global tender for deepwater rigsOil and Natural Gas Corporation plans a massive oil exploration program. The company will spend between $18 to $20 billion to hire deep-wat...
25 Mar, 2026, 12.33 AM IST
Vedanta Group's Cairn Oil & Gas seeks global partners for $5 bn expansion, invites bids for Gujarat gas outputCairn Oil & Gas, part of Vedanta Group, has invited global partners to participate in multiple projects under its $5 billion investment pla...
08 Dec, 2025, 11.52 AM IST
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
'Gates of Hell': How has this gas pit in Turkmenistan been burning since 1971? Mystery unraveledIt’s been almost fifty-three years since the “Gates of Hell” has been blazing. The “Gates of Hell” has become a popular location among Turk...
22 Jun, 2024, 06.42 PM IST
Meil unveils indigenously made hydraulic rigs for oil, gas sectorThe rig deployed at Kalol oilfield has a capacity of 1,500 horsepower that can drill up to a depth of 4 km, said Meil vice-president P Raje...
08 Apr, 2021, 10.57 AM IST
ONGC plans to buy 27 rigs for up to Rs 3,500 crState-run explorer looks at replacing nearly half of its ageing 67 onshore drilling rigs, floats tender seeking bids by November 14.
10 Oct, 2018, 11.21 PM IST
Trishna Gas project to be operational by Mar'19: ONGCA total of 225 wells have been drilled by ONGC in the state till April 2017 and 116 of them were found to be gas bearing which corresponds ...
10 Oct, 2017, 08.13 PM IST
Global companies offer ONGC deepsea drilling rigs for KG gas findONGC is investing $5.07 billion for developing Cluster-II discoveries in KG-D5 block to flow natural gas from from June 2019 and oil by Mar...
05 Jan, 2017, 07.05 PM IST
ONGC scraps plans to relax rig hire normsThe company’s decision triggered doubts regarding rationale given that rigs are easily and cheaply available, and ONGC could be more select...
16 Aug, 2016, 05.39 AM 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
- Chinese buy third of Chesapeake South Texas field
China's state-owned offshore oil and gas company has bought a one-third interest in 600,000 acres that Chesapeake Energy leases in a South ...
11 Oct, 2010, 09.31 AM IST
- BHEL receives orders worth Rs 900 crore from ONGC
Bharat Heavy Electrical Limited (BHEL) has received orders worth Rs 900 crore from Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC) to supply six on-s...
07 Jan, 2010, 07.43 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 seeks rig from global oil firms for KG block work
ONGC is in talks with global oil firms StatOil, Norway’s Norsk Hydro among others, to secure an ultra deepwater rig for drilling well UD-1.
14 Dec, 2007, 12.18 AM IST