ONGC to conduct DGH prescribed test to get KG gas going

Last Updated: Thursday, April 23, 2015, 15:34

State-owned ONGC has agreed to conduct tests prescribed by upstream regulator DGH to confirm three key gas discoveries in its Krishna Godavari basin block to end a standoff that stalled its USD 8 dollar project.

ONGC plans to invest Rs 40,000 cr in KG oil, gas finds

Last Updated: Thursday, April 2, 2015, 18:59

ONGC is using cluster approach to bring oil and gas finds.

RIL challenges oil ministry taking away 5 gas finds

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 11, 2015, 13:29

Reliance Industries has slapped an arbitration notice challenging oil ministry's decision to take away 814 square kilometer of its eastern offshore KG-D6 area that contained five gas discoveries.

ONGC to spend Rs 16,200 cr to drill 45 wells in KG-Basin

Last Updated: Sunday, December 7, 2014, 10:42

The oil and gas major has approached the Ministry of Environment and Forests seeking clearance for preparing terms of References, according to the minutes of meeting of Expert Appraisal Committee.

ONGC targets to start production by mid-2018 from KG-D5 block

Last Updated: Monday, December 1, 2014, 21:17

State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) is targeting mid-2018 for start of natural gas production from its Krishna Godavari basin KG-D5 block, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said Monday.

10 held for sexually assaulting minor girl in East Godavari

Last Updated: Friday, January 24, 2014, 19:39

Ten persons have been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor girl in the East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, police said.

ONGC to hire global consultant to study KG block discoveries

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 15, 2014, 18:02

Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) plans to hire an international consultant to study the feasibility of developing about a dozen discoveries at a Krishna Godavari basin block off the east coast.

RIL to increase KG-D6 gas output

Last Updated: Friday, January 3, 2014, 13:34

RIL and its partners BP plc of UK and Canada's Niko Resources have spud the seventh well on the MA oil and gas field in the KG-DWN-98/3 or KG-D6 block in Krishna Godavari basin.

Blaze destroys shanties of fishermen in Kakinada

Last Updated: Thursday, January 2, 2014, 10:50

As many as 200 thatched houses belonging to fishermen were gutted in fire in Dummulapeta area in Kakinada town of East Godavari district, police said.

Pallam Raju gives Rs 1.47 cr under MPLAD for development works

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 1, 2014, 22:51

Union HRD Minister M M Pallam Raju today said Rs 1.47 crore has been released from his Member of Parliament Local Area Development (MPLAD) scheme funds for taking up development works in the East Godavari district.

Maoist arms dump detected in East Godavari forests

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 25, 2013, 22:41

Andhra Pradesh police detected a Maoist arms dump in the deep forests of East Godavari district today, near Donkarai under Y Ramavaram police station limits (Rampachodavaram division) during regular combing operations.

Cyclone Helen causes heavy damage in Yanam region, 1 killed

Last Updated: Saturday, November 23, 2013, 21:12

One fishermen was killed and extensive damage was caused in Yanam region, an enclave of this union territory in East Godavari District of Andhra Pradesh, by the cyclonic storm Helen.