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COOPERATION AGREEMENT
ONGC in pact with TotalEnergies to detect & measure

methane emissions

ONGC has signed a Cooperation
Agreement with TotalEnergies to carry
out methane emissions detection
and measurement campaigns using
TotalEnergies’ pioneer AUSEA (Airborne
Ultralight Spectrometer for Environ-
mental Applications) technology.

The agreement was signed by
Country Chair of TotalEnergies in India,
Dr. Sangkaran Ratnam, and ONGC
Director (Exploration), Ms. Sushma
Rawat on February 6, 2024.
detecting methane and carbon dioxide of the OGDC at COP28. We are pleased
Both companies are party to the emissions, AUSEA identifi es their to collaborate and make our AUSEA
Oil and Gas Decarbonisation Charter source at the same time. This techno- technology available to ONGC, in
(OGDC), a global industry initiative logy marks a step change in methane India, to detect, measure and eventually
launched at COP28. The Indian oil emissions detection and measurement reduce methane emissions on their own
major thus joins a growing list of national compared to traditional techniques. By assets,” said Mr. Patrick Pouyanné,
companies who have signed cooperation allowing access to hard-to-reach emis- Chairman and CEO, TotalEnergies.
agreements with TotalEnergies for the sion points, on all types of industrial
use of AUSEA, including Petrobras in facilities, both offshore and offshore, “ONGC is scouting for new tech-
Brazil, SOCAR in Azerbaijan, Sonangol AUSEA is reputed as one of the most nologies to reduce its methane emis-
in Angola and NNPCL in Nigeria. accurate technologies in the industry. sions by 50% by 2027 and by 80% in
2030 compared to 2020. The introduc-
Drone mounted “Our industry’s priority in the fi ght tion of the AUSEA technology will
The AUSEA gas analyser is moun- against climate change is to slash meth- further strengthen our efforts to achieve
ted on a drone, and was developed by ane emissions from operations. Aiming zero methane emissions by 2038,” said
TotalEnergies and its R&D partners. for zero methane emissions by 2030 is ONGC Chairman and CEO, Mr. Arun
Consisting of a dual sensor capable of our collective ambition as signatories Kumar Singh.
RENEWABLE ENERGY
ONGC inks pact with NTPC to set up offshore wind

energy projects

India’s top oil producer, Oil and Natu- tion aimed at spearheading renewable rivatives such as green ammonia and
ral Gas Corporation (ONGC), and the energy projects both within India and green methanol. The JVA was signed
nation’s biggest power fi rm, NTPC Ltd., on the international stage,” ONGC said by NTPC Green Energy Ltd. (NGEL)
have signed a joint venture agreement in a statement. Specifi cally, the agree- CEO, Mr. Mohit Bhargava, and ONGC
(JVA) to set up offshore wind energy ment encompasses ventures in off- Executive Director, Mr. Satish Kumar
projects as the two fi rms look to boost shore wind projects while also delving Dwivedi, in the presence of ONGC
collaboration in renewable energy. into potential opportunities in storage, Chairman and CEO, Mr. Arun Kumar
e-mobility, carbon credits, green credits, Singh, and NTPC Chairman and Man-
“The JVA marks a pivotal collabora- green hydrogen business, and its de- aging Director, Mr. Gurdeep Singh.

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