ONGC oil is well

oil is well
Did you know Rs 2,500 cr worth of oil is pumped every year from 102 wells around Ahmedabad

DILIP PATEL

There’s gold to be found beneath the city. Not the shiny, yellow kind but pitch black. We’re kidding you not. The ONGC has been pumping out crude oil worth Rs 7 crore from the Ahmedabad oilfield every day. That translates to oil worth Rs 2,500 crore every year. The royalties and taxes add up to a whopping Rs 1,000 crore. Gujarat government gets a share of this pie.
ONGC Executive Director Anil Johri says, “Ahmedabad is rich in oil. A lot of oil is found in the Cambay basin from Mehsana to Ahmedabad. After Mehsana, oil is found in abundance here. Narmada has rich deposits, too.”
“There are 102 oil wells active in the region. We drill 10-15 oil wells every year,” said Johri, adding: “One can find oil at 1,000 to 1,500 metres here. The wells in Ahmedabad oilfield produce 130 tonnes of crude oil every day.”

MORE OIL PRODUCED

AND EVERY year, more oil is drawn out as new wells are dug around the city. The latest one to be drilled by the Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC) is just a kilometre away from AMC limits. The 15,000-m deep well at Bhuvaladi village near Vatva GIDC industrial estate is expected to produce five tonnes of crude every day.
We expect the gusher to be active in another 15-20 days, said an ONGC official.

WELLS AROUND CITY

THE OTHER oil wells are at Soni ni Chali in Vastral, Nikol, CT Mills, Ramol, Vach, Hirapur, Harnevav, Gotiya Hanuman, Nandej, Vivekanandnagar (Hathijan), Vitthalpura, Bareja, Navagam, behind Motera stadium in Chandkheda, Jhundal near Chandkheda and Adalaj.