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  Three consecutive blasts led to a massive fire at Oil and Natural Gas Corporation’s (ONGC’s) Hazira gas plant in Gujarat on Thursday morning. Unless operations are restarted soon, this is likely to impact the overall natural gas production in the country as Hazira contributes around 45 per cent to ONGC’s gas production. According to industry sources, the fire, which was caused by a pipeline rupture, disrupted supply to key sectors such as power and fertiliser. The company said it was investigating the cause of the fire. “Of the 45 million metric standard cubic meter per day (MMS­CMD) of gas coming from the western offshore region, around 32 M­M­SCMD is processed at Hazira. The plant is temporarily shut for safety reasons,” said a company officia l. Read More

Four people were killed and three others injured after a fire broke out at the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation 's (ONGC) plant in Navi Mumbai township of Maharashtra on Tuesday, police said. The ONGC said there was no impact on oil processing and that the gas was diverted to its Hazira plant in Surat district of Gujarat. The blaze erupted around 7 am in a processing plant of the ONGC located in Uran area of neighbouring Navi Mumbai, the police said. "Four people have been killed and three others injured in the mishap," a senior police official said. "Fire broke out in storm water drainage in Uran Plant early morning successfully doused within two hours by fire fighting team. #ONGCs robust crisis mitigation preparedness helped put off this major fire in a very short time," the ONGC said in a tweet. Earlier, in another tweet, it said, "A fire broke out in storm water drainage early morning 2day in Uran oil & gas processing plant.ONGC fire s...

ONGC recruitment 2019: The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (ONGC) has invited applications for 214 apprentice posts at its Mumbai branch. The online application process for the ONGC apprentice posts began from July 23, 2019, and the last date to apply for ONGC Jobs 2019 is Monday (August 5, 2019). ONGC proposes to engage apprentices at its offices in Mumbai for a period of 12 months under the Apprentices Act, 1961. Interested candidates can apply to ONGC Apprentice Online Management website on ongcapprentices.co.in. Only residents of the various districts of Maharashtra are eligible to apply for ONGC apprentice Jobs 2019. Click on ‘Recruitment Notice’ in dropdown under ‘Career’ section to read the full ONGC job advertisement. ONGC Education Qualification General and OBC candidates among ONGC applicant must have obtained a minimum of 45 per cent marks in aggregate and SC/ST/PwBD candidates 40 per cent marks in aggregate. Reservation for SC/ST/OBC & PwBD (in identifie...