SINGALE 1-24.cdr - ONGC

"We have been investing in sustainable sources of energy and are working towards
achieving our long term goal of Carbon Neutrality. Our pursuit of carbon
management have resulted in a number of registered Clean Development
Mechanism (CDM) projects under the Kyoto Protocol. We shall keep pursuing
more projects as we explore newer and better ways of reducing our emissions."
Reduction of gas flaring from onshore assets
Reducing gas flaring continues to be a priority for us. Barring the necessary technical flaring, we strive to achieve zero
flaring in our operational facilities. Hence, we keep on investing in creating infrastructure such as compression facilities and
pipelines, specialized technological interventions and direct marketing of isolated low volume and low pressure gas. Our
efforts have helped in bringing down flaring at onshore assets by 18.9% from 0.244 MMSCMD in 2008-09 to 0.198
MMSCMD during the reporting year 2009-10.
Carbon management and climate change strategy
We have taken several steps in carbon management towards mitigation of climate change. Our initiatives in “Methane to
Market”, an international initiative aimed for cost effective recovery of methane emitted from industrial facilities and its
usage as a fuel, have received accolades from global partners. Other initiatives in energy efficient buildings and renewable
energy have not only trimmed down costs and enhanced revenues, but has also helped in bringing about a strong
perception on the need for saving energy. We expect that our corporate vision to attain carbon neutrality will have a long
term positive impact on all the stakeholders contributing to climate change mitigation and sustainable development. We
have registered six CDM projects with UNFCCC
and are working towards establishing our
corporate wide carbon footprint and developing
a blue print for carbon neutrality.
Our corporate policy on “greening the vendor
chain”, a sustainability supply chain initiative, is
focused at intensifying awareness on climate
change amongst vendors and influencing their
investment decisions to implement cleaner
technology.
Water management
Water is an important sustainability issue. As a
responsible organization, we are taking steps to
reduce and optimize water consumption. We
have reduced fresh water consumption in our
exploration activities, by adopting initiatives
such as treatment of drill site waste water from
the waste pit through mobile effluent treatment
plants recycling and reusing the treated
wastewater for various drilling activities including
in mud preparation. We endeavor to undertake
exhaustive water consumption studies followed
by operation and location specific technical
interventions for water management and work
towards bringing out an organization specific
water policy in the next 2-3 years.
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