The board of Oil & Natural Gas
Corporation has approved proposals involving investments of Rs.3,819 crore.
The ONGC Board has also cleared
proposal for augmentation of gas production in Tripura to feed the power plant
involving an investment of Rs.1,817 crore. The project includes fast-track
exploration and development of gas resources through intensive drilling and
setting up surface infrastructure, for supplying the gas to the 740 MW power
plant of ONGC Tripura Power Co (OTPC), in which ONGC will hold 50 per cent
equity. Approval has been given to develop upstream facilities to produce
incremental gas of 3 mmscmd to raise production from the present 1.45 mmscmd to
4.5 mmscmd. The board has also cleared ONGC's equity investment in OTPC of
Rs.576 crore.
In the total investment of Rs.3,844
crore towards the integrated project with a debt-equity ratio of 70:30, ONGC's
investment works out to be Rs.576 crore. The upstream and downstream activities
will be progressively stepped up and the power plant will be scheduled for
commission by 2010.
Other projects for which board
approval has been given include construction of seven pipelines in Mumbai High
(North) involving an investment Rs.355 crore.
Also See:
ONGC inks
service contracts for 14 onshore marginal fields (6-Apr-2007)