Star striker Odafa Okolie failed to make an impact as Mohun Bagan were held goalless by ONGC in a dull Round 5 match of the I-League in Delhi on Friday.
Oil and Natural Gas Corp, India's largest oil producer, has lost nearly 900 of its skilled experts in the last one year to its competitors, who offered 4-5 times more salary than the state-owned firm.
Petroleum Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar has blamed bureaucrats in his ministry for the fiasco over appointment of additional government directors on ONGC board, saying legal opinion should have been taken instead of doing 'guess-work'.
The government had last sold 5 per cent stake in ONGC in 2012 for Rs 14,000 crore (Rs 140 billion).
Following up on Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's Budget announcement of creating an integrated oil company, India's biggest oil and gas producer ONGC may buy all of the government's 51.11 per cent stake in Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd.
The ONGC announced a cash bonanza for players who will win medals at the London Olympics with gold medal winners to get Rs 25 lakh while silver and bronze medallist will get Rs 15 and Rs 10 lakh respectively.
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation has offered Brazilian oil firm Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) a stake in its east coast blocks in exchange for getting a 15 per cent stake in a Brazilian exploration acerage.
Last month, the government approved the proposal of doubling gas price from RIL's KG basin from $4.2 mmbtu to $8.4 mmbtu from April 1, 2014.
Based on this settlement, the Supreme Court has disposed of the case on February 20.
World Championships bronze medallist B Sai Praneeth on Monday announced his retirement from international badminton, bringing down curtains on a successful career during which he won the Singapore Open and also represented India at the Tokyo Olympics.
State-run Oil and Natural Gas Corporation and private sector Hindustan Oil Exploration Company will pick up British oil and gas firm BG Group's stake in a Gujarat offshore exploration block.
D K Sarraf replaces Vasudeva, who turned 60 on Tuesday and is due to superannuate on Friday.
This is for the second consecutive time that ONGC has been bestowed this prestigious honour.
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With Oil Ministry continuing to be opposed to selling IOC shares on stock market like other disinvestments, an Empowered Group of Ministers headed by Finance Minister P Chidambaram today decided to sell 24.27 crore shares or 10 per cent government stake in the company to Oil and Natural Gas Corporation and Oil India Ltd.
State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation is keen to acquire Canadian oil and gas firm First Calgary Petroleums Ltd, which owns high potential oil and gas blocks in Algeria.
Vasudeva, 57, is currently director (offshore) in ONGC.
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation on Monday said the anomaly in allotment of shares in the just-concluded public offering of government's 10 per cent shareholding has been rectified and correct allotments made.
ONGC, which partners Cairn India in its crown jewel oilfields in Rajasthan and seven other properties in India, has waived its preemption rights over the deal and given a no-objection certificate, sources privy to the development said.
President Droupadi Murmu conferred 26 Shaurya Chakras (seven posthumous) to personnel of the armed forces, Central Armed Police Forces and state/Union Territory Police during a defence investiture ceremony.
An injury-time goal by Yusif Yakubu helped Mumbai FC earn a draw against ONGC at the Ambedkar Stadium in New Delhi on Saturday.
ONGC and RIL bill their consumers like fertiliser plants and power stations in US dollar.
Indian Oil Corporation Ltd entered into a crude oil supply agreement with ONGC for supply of indigenous crude for its refineries.
RIL had drawn 58.67 bcm of gas from four wells.
State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp is in talks to buyout US oil and gas producer Pogo Producing Co's stake in an offshore Thailand field.
India's largest oil producer Oil and Natural Gas Corp will launch its new logo on August 14, the ONGC Day.
The FinMin will pay Rs 5,324 crore (Rs 53.24 billion) for Jan-March.
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation said on Monday that it would set up 1,100 retail outlets for marketing motor spirit and high speed diesel.
ONGC Chairman R S Sharma, who was in Kutch in Gujarat recently to inaugurate the group's maiden foray into wind energy, said, "We are in talks with three to four players for our solar energy project." He said that various pilot projects were going on at the Energy Centre, which included geo-thermal energy. The Energy Centre was set up last year for carrying out research in alternate energy sources beyond oil and coal.
State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) has offered a job to Unmukt Chand, captain of Under-19 World Cup-winning team. 'We have today felicitated the star cricketer and decided to make a job offer,' ONGC Chairman and Managing Director Sudhir Vasudeva said.
India is the world's fourth-biggest oil consumer, importing four-fifths of its needs as its own output shrinks.
After weeks of delay, Oil Minister S Jaipal Reddy has agreed to clear appointment of two independent directors on board of Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC), a requirement that was must for the state-owned firm's public offering next month.
Global consulting firm Hay Group and Fortune Global Survey 2007 have adjudged state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corporation as one of the World's Most Admired Companies.
State-run Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) may seek management control of the giant Rajasthan oilfields in lieu of allowing UK's Cairn Energy to sell majority stake in its Indian arm that now operates the field, to a non-oil firm, Vedanta Resources for $8.48 billion.
