Question : EXPLORATION BY ONGC IN ASSAM

(a) Whether the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) proposes to hive off its Assam assets into an wholly owned subsidiary;

(b) If so, the details thereof;

(c) Whether the gas assets of Tripura in Assam-Arakan basin are also likely to be transferred to that subsidiary; and

(d) If so, the extent to which the production of gas is likely to be enhanced as a result thereof?

MINISTER OF THE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS (SHRI JITIN PRASADA)

(a): No such proposal has been submitted to the Government by Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC).

(b) to (d): Does not arise in view of (a) above.