New Delhi: Megha Engineering and Infrastructures Restricted (MEIL) has expedited the supply of rigs and handing over of a 2,000-HP land drilling rig to Oil and Pure Fuel Company’s (ONGC) Rajahmundry asset.
It is a state-of-the-art indigenous oil rig and can provide efficiency equal to a 3,000-HP conventional rig. This indigenous rig is being operated efficiently, and it could drill as much as 6,000 metres (6 km) deep into the earth, the corporate mentioned.
As of now, MEIL has provided 10 land drilling rigs to ONGC. Whereas three of them are already operational, seven are within the closing stage of set up and commissioning and these can be operational in four-five weeks throughout numerous onshore ONGC fields.
MEIL has additionally provided the primary lot of 5 workover rigs to the Mehsana, Ahmedabad, Ankleshwar, Agartala and Shibsagar fields of ONGC.
MEIL obtained an order for 47 rigs from ONGC in aggressive bidding. Out of those, 20 are workover rigs, and 27 are land drilling rigs. The 20 workover rigs embody 12 of 50-MT capability, 4 rigs are of 100 MT, and the remaining 4 have a capability of 150 MT every.
MEIL can be manufacturing and supplying the rigs to ONGC belongings in Assam (Sibsagar, Jorhat), Andhra Pradesh (Rajahmundry), Gujarat (Ahmedabad, Ankaleshwar, Mehasana and Cambay), Tripura (Agartala) and Tamil Nadu (Karaikal).
Regardless of covid-19, MEIL is dedicated to finishing the venture with its experience, dedication and exhausting work. The issue of getting elements from world suppliers remains to be persisting, nevertheless, the availability chain of the trade is slowly recovering which helps within the well timed supply of the rigs.
Ok. Satya Narayana, technical head, Rigs Challenge, MEIL, mentioned, “Because the Covid-19 is in endemic stage, we’ve expedited the manufacturing of rigs and their deliveries as promised. The corporate is enjoying an important position within the vitality sector, each upstream and downstream. These state-of-the-art oil rigs can have the world’s greatest and most superior hydraulic know-how options. Because the vitality costs soar, the superior rigs are very essential for Indian vitality sector to drill the oil and fuel wells sooner and enhance the oil and fuel manufacturing for home use. MEIL is the primary personal participant in India in manufacturing extremely environment friendly oil drilling rigs with indigenous know-how beneath the “Make in India” and “Atmanirbhar Bharat” initiatives.”
Supply: Live Mint