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ONGC awaits govt nod for oil exploration in Nagaland

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Press Trust of India Jorhat (Assam)

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) today said it is waiting for the government's aproval to start oil exploration in Nagaland.

"There is no misunderstanding with the Nagaland government and we are keen to start exploring the vast oil reserves in the state," ONGC Director headquarters Dr A K Balyan said here today.

"We are waiting for the government's nod so that we can start the exploration work at the earliest," he said.

Balyan said Assam's Arakan basin added two discoveries to its account in 2009-10- one in Kasomarigaon (Golaghat district) and the other in North Seleki (Sibsagar district).

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First Published: Mar 19 2010 | 8:03 PM IST

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