Oil and Natural Gas Corp. News

India’s ONGC Struggles to Ship Russian Oil to Asia as Sanctions Bite: Sources

India’s Oil and Natural Gas Corp. (ONGC) is struggling to find a vessel to ship 700,000 barrels of crude from Russia’s Far East, in a growing sign that complex trades involving one of Moscow’s biggest partners are being interrupted by …

India Oil Giant Under Fire for Offshore Disaster During Cyclone Tauktae

When India’s weather office sent out cyclone warnings on May 13 and most vessels moved to safety, one barge working on Oil and Natural Gas Corp.’s field off the Mumbai coast stayed put. That decision would prove fatal when Tauktae, …

India Continues Rescue Operations After Powerful Cyclone Tauktae Batters Region

AHMEDABAD/MUMBAI – Naval vessels and aircraft scoured the waters off India’s west coast late on Wednesday after the most powerful cyclone in more than two decades battered the region, sinking an oilfield accommodation barge and killing 26 aboard, authorities said. …

Cyclone Sinks Barge Operated by India’s Oil & Natural Gas Corp., Hundreds Rescued

A cyclone barreling through India’s west coast sank a barge hired by state-run explorer Oil & Natural Gas Corp. prompting a massive operation to rescue 96 people missing from the vessel. “Long-range maritime surveillance aircraft were assisting the rescue effort …