Oil and Natural Gas Corporation has announced that ONGC Videsh Ltd has bagged two exploration blocks in Brazil, viz. deepwater block 470 in the highly prospective espirito santo basin and shallow water block 1413 in another highly prospective Santos basin, amid stiff competition from International companies on 27 November 2007.
The first development well for coal bed methane (CBM) has been spudded on December 2007 at the drill-site Pad-B in Parbatpur, near Bokaro Steel City of Jharkhand.
ONGC achieved the unique distinction of becoming the first-ever Indian company in the Fortune Magazine’s annual (2007) list of the world’s most admired companies. This is based on a survey of Fortune Companies across the globe, conducted by the Fortune magazine, in association with Hay Group.