1) ONGC focuses on sustainable development through carbon and energy management, water management, waste management, low carbon/renewable energy projects, and capacity building. 2) Specific areas discussed include developing a carbon footprint and identifying mitigation opportunities, optimizing energy use, implementing water conservation and reuse projects, studying thermal destruction and conversion of waste, and exploring uses for agricultural and CO2 waste. 3) ONGC publishes annual sustainability reports and is interested in collaborating in areas like desalination, waste reuse, CO2 conversion, renewables, and new energy technologies.

1. Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Ltd.
Sustainable Development
June 12, 2013, Helsinki

2. Presentation overview
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SD activities in ONGC
Sustainable development in ONGC
Areas of interest
Probable areas of mutual interest

3. SD in ONGC
Sustainable Growth is organically linked to our
overall growth
Our Vision: Sustainable Growth
Our focus: Triple bottomline growth
Our Policies on SD:
Corporate policy on SD
Policy on sustainable water management
Policy on greening supply chain
We subscribe to Green buildings
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4. Focused areas
Immediate areas of interest
Carbon & Energy Management
Water Management
Low carbon /Fuel substitution/ Renewables
R&D on CO2 reformation
Waste Management
SD Reporting
Capacity building
Future areas
Supply chain
Biodiversity
Sustainable energy solutions
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5. Carbon and Energy Management
Aim:
Reduce GHG emission in a profitable way
Optimise energy consumption
Process
Developing carbon footprint( GHG inventory)--
Completed
Identifying mitigation opportunities– Identified 7
sources
Study viability-- started
Implement viable projects-- started
CDM and Carbon trading– 10 projects registered.
2.8 Million CERs per annum
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6. Water Management
Aims– 4R
Reduce fresh water usage
Reuse produced water/ effluent water for useful
purposes
Recycle waste water
Replenishing ground water through rain water
harvesting
Activities:
Water mapping( fresh water intake &
produced/effluent water) and identification of SWM
road map
Feasibility study of viable measure and
implementation
Rain water harvesting
Areas of interest
Sea water desalination
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7. Waste Management
Aims
Identification of main sources-- Completed
Quantifying waste-- Completed
Managing waste in a sustainable way– Under process
Sources
Drill cuttings and other drill site wastes
Oil Sludge and process related waste
Used chemicals
Effluent water
Areas of interest
Study in thermal destruction ( like PTDR)
Conversion of sludge into petrochemicals
Obtaining low calorific value fuels from waste
Other sustainable disposal
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8. Low carbon and Renewable energy
Aims
Finding ways for profitable usage of CO2
Study of solar power usage
CHP
Fuels from agricultural wastes
ActivitiesSolar thermal.pptx
Areas of interest
Micro algal conversion of CO2 into biomass/biofuel
Developing CSP
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9. CM&GS activities: SD Reporting
Aims at:
providing a balanced and reasonable representation of the
sustainability performance of a reporting organization – including
both positive and negative contributions
AchievementSR.pptx
Yearly issue of Third party assurred Corporate Sustainability
report commenced from FY 2009-10.
Gri-G3 Compliant
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Sustainability reporting – the practice of measuring, disclosing, and
being accountable to internal and external stakeholders for
organizational performance towards the goal of sustainable
development

10. R&D on CO2 mitigation
Aims at:
Capture of stationery CO2 source from select ONGC operation
Reformation of CO2 to useful products
R&D project :
Looking for suitable capture method
Looking for suitable reformation
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11. Capacity Building
Aims at:
Developing in-house soft skill for sustainable development
Implementing SD projects through joint implementation
Activities :
Organising training programmes on SD
Web based campaign to sensitise employees
Engaging stakeholders
Forming MDTs for joint implementation of SD projects
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12. Our Future Quest
Sustainable energy solutions for ONGC
New energy technologies/Future energy systems
Assessment tools
Technology innovations
Applied solutions
Low emissions and resource efficiency
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13. Areas we may work together
Waste water treatment
Desalination
Sustainable use of oil sludge/ used chemicals
Reuse of produced water
CO2 reformation studies
Microalgal conversion of CO2 into useful fuel/
product
Renewables.
Assessment tools
New energy technologies/Future energy
systems
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