ONGC

ONGC to spend Rs 1 lakh crore in deep-sea push; to set up trading unit by year-end

August 31, 2026 9:36 pm

For energy security, way forward is not public or private, but both

August 11, 2026 7:12 am

If geopolitics can disrupt maritime routes, weaponise chokepoints and sharply reduce shipping through the Bab el-Mandeb, energy security cannot be left entirely to market incentives.

Privatisation and petroleum: Let’s resurrect an old question

August 02, 2026 11:33 pm

Government’s investment is not an insignificant amount, especially as it generates no return. Privatisation could provide the funding. Hence, the question

‘Arbitrary, high-handed’: Bombay High Court quashes ONGC’s 30-year-old case against 80-year-old retiree

May 07, 2026 10:57 pm

The Bombay High Court was hearing the plea of the former ONGC officer who challenged the departmental proceedings resulting in a punishment of a reduction in rank. 

Notion of easy access to Gulf energy hit; India must chase ‘every drop’ of oil & gas, ramp up strategic reserves: ONGC head

April 11, 2026 4:30 am

The country depends on imports to meet over 88% of its crude oil needs, 40% of which depend on the Strait of Hormuz.

Fire at ONGC well in Andhra Pradesh after gas leak, 2 villages evacuated

January 05, 2026 7:19 pm

Following the gas leakage and the subsequent fire, senior officials of the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) from Rajahmundry rushed to Mori village, where the blaze broke out at the Mori-5 well, the official said.

ONGC group refiners will buy every available drop of Russian oil as long as economical, says chairman AK Singh

August 30, 2025 5:30 am

New Delhi has called the targeting of India over the purchase of Russian oil “unjustified and unreasonable” and said these imports began as its traditional supplies were diverted to Europe, with the US having “actively encouraged such imports by India for strengthening global energy markets stability”.

Tamil Nadu moves to block ONGC’s hydrocarbon wells amid fierce backlash and looming elections

August 25, 2025 4:25 pm

Reversal comes hours after State Environment Impact Assessment Authority posted approval for the project online.

1,000 displaced by gas leak at ONGC well in Assam, Himanta writes to minister Hardeep Puri: 'Perception of inadequate urgency'

June 19, 2025 7:53 am

The blowout had taken place on June 12, with ONGC reporting gushes of gas were observed during servicing operations at well no. RDS-147 in its Rudrasagar Field in Sivasagar, its oldest field in North East India.

Bombay HC dismisses plea by father of Kerala engineer who went missing from ONGC rig, says police probe not biased

March 26, 2025 12:31 am

The plea by the engineer’s father had sought registration of FIR and transfer of probe to an independent special agency to trace his son