How many wells has ONGC drilled in Bombay High?
125, according to the company’s records. How has the Bombay High changed the stature of ONGC? Since its inception in 1955, ONGC has been instrumental in transforming the country’s limited upstream sector into a large viable playing field, with its activities spread throughout India and significantly in overseas territories. In those days, ONGC was mainly into explorations of oil in inland resources in states like Assam. The company those days also established a new oil province in Cambay basin (Gujarat), and added new petroliferous areas in the Assam-Arakan Fold Belt and East coast basins. But ONGC went offshore in the 1970s with the discovery of Bombay High. The discovery, along with subsequent discoveries of huge oil and gas fields in Western offshore changed the oil scenario of the country. Subsequently, over 5 billion tonnes of hydrocarbons, which were present in the country, were discovered. Has the quantity of oil produced at Bombay High been on the increase over the years? No, i
