ONGC restores operations off east coast after cyclone Fani makes landfall

NEW DELHI: State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) on Friday restored operations at its fields in the Bay of Bengal after a category-4 cyclone made landfall without causing any disruption to its offshore installations.

Official sources said ONGC had as a precaution halted operations, evacuated some 500 employees and towed rigs to safer waters ahead of the cyclone.

While cyclone Fani made landfall around Puri in Odisha and is moving towards West Bengal, most of ONGC installations are off the Andhra coast.