ONGC starts output at West Bengal’s Asokenagar-1 reserve

Union minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday inaugurated production from state-owned ONGC’s Asokenagar-1 well in the Bengal basin in the 24 Paragana district in West Bengal. Production from the petroleum reserve, located 47 km from Kolkata, has started with the extracted oil being supplied to Indian Oil Corporation’s Haldia refinery, according to the minister.

“With the commencement of production from the Asokenagar oil and gas reserve, West Bengal finds a place in the oil map,” Pradhan said after dedicating the project to the country. He added that the government was committed to support Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) to increase production of crude oil and natural gas from the subsurface of West Bengal, noting that this would increase prosperity and local employment in the state.