At the time when energy crisis looming large over the world, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) on the move to meet the challenge.
Aimed to create awareness among the masses about the importance of oil and gas conservation in one’s life, a cycle rally was set on the roll at Bokaro Steel City, Wednesday. Hundreds of school students of KV-1 participated in the rally, organized by ONGC (Oil and Natural Gas Corporation limited), CBM (Coal Bed Methane) Division Bokaro. The National Head and ED CBM Division ONGC, A K Mishra flagged-off the rally which was started from Pathakatta Chowak, Sector 5 in Bokaro.
ONGC is celebrating Oil and Gas Conservation Fortnight (OGCF) with the theme “Save Fuel, Save Money, Save Energy” from 16 to 31 January this year, said Rajeev Prasad, PRO of ONGC CBM division Bokaro adding “our aim is to ensure ways of proper energy and resource consumption using mass rallies and workshops”, said Prasad.
“Under our awareness programme vehicle pollution checking drive would be conducted across the city during this fortnight; about 300 vehicles are targeted for check-up on that day. A camp will also organised to train-up the drivers how to conserve fuel”, he added. ONGC CBM division Bokaro has continuously organized initiatives for the well-being of its communities around its area of operations at Parbatput. The commercial production of coal-bed methane (CBM) began at Parbatpur plant in the year 2010, now its’ production capacity are about 15,000 cubic metre per day.
The approximate CBM resource of Jharkhand is 240 Billion Cubic Metres (BCM). The present programme is for production of CBM for 25 years, said Prasad.