Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and Oil India (OIL) have joined hands separately with Bharat Petroleum (BPCL) and Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) for a foray into city gas distribution (CGD).ONGC and OIL are major producers of natural gas, they currently have no presence in its retailing and marketing, a field dominated by GAIL and its joint ventures.
Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) invited bids for installing and running a CGD network in Asansol-Durgapur (in West Bengal), Bhavnagar, Gandhidham-Anjar, Bhuj-Mundra and Jamnagar (all in Gujarat), Ludhiana and Jalandhar (in Punjab) and Panipat (in Haryana). The bids will close on December 3.
Setting up a full-fledged CGD network with CNG stations and a pipeline for industrial and domestic consumers usually costs Rs 1,000-1,500 crore. The Company plans to take a CGD network to 200 cities by 2015. At present, Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Ahmedabad, Indore, Vijayawada, Vadodara and Surat have a CGD network.crackcrack
| Company Name | CMP |
|---|---|
| ONGC | 279.25 |
| Oil India | 454.40 |
| Jindal Drilling&Inds | 535.85 |
| Deep Industries | 457.70 |
| Asian Energy Service | 297.85 |
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