-1.85 (-0.76%) Oil and Natural Gas Corporation’s (ONGC) wholly owned subsidiary and overseas arm -- ONGC Videsh (OVL) has made a significant strike of oil in its onshore block CPO-5, Colombia, in Llanos Basin. OVL is Operator in the block with 70% stake along with its Partner Geopark (30% stake) an independent oil and gas company focussed in Latin America.
The well ‘Indico-2’ lies approximately 0.9 km northwest of the well Indico-1 in subsurface and was spudded on September 21, 2020. The target depth of 10,925 ft reached on October 20, 2020.
ONGC is India’s largest government-run corporation and produces about 70% of India’s crude oil and natural gas. The corporation is the biggest public sector commercial organization in India.