ONGC FIELD VISIT

The students of final year ETC branch visited ONGC, Betul on 6^th March 2019

who  were accompanied by Prof. Michelle Araujo e Viegas, Prof. Samantha

Cardoso and Prof. Anisha Cotta.

Maharatna ONGC(Oil and natural Gas corporation) is the largest crude oil and natural gas company in India. It is a PSU of Government of India, under the administrative control of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. It was founded with the sole purpose of searching for potential oil fields in the country to curb the dependency of India on other oil producing countries.

The ONGC plant at Betul basically deals with fire fighting and safety measures required during search and extraction of oil. This is of great importance as oil is highly flammable and safety precautions need to be taken while operating it. So, for this purpose, various facilities for safety training are present at Betul Plant.

The students were received at ONGC by Mr. Krishna Shirodkar. Then, were directed to the main hall. There the students were welcomed by Mr. Jayant Kumar Singh, an officer at ONGC. Mr. J.K Singh gave a brief introduction about ONGC and its operations. A short film on ONGC was also shown and then the students headed out to see the various things at the plant.

Firstly, an  introduction  to various manual fire fighting techniques and also information about do’s and don’ts  in case of a fire was demonstarted.

This was followed by depiction of various impactful equipments which were  Water Monitor- an aimable controllable high capacity water jet used to extinguish fire at a range of upto 60 m, Fire Fighting nozzle , Mayur Valve, Water Umbrella each one having a specific advantage for a specific application. A small explosion of a spray can in a controlled cylinder was also show and and its was extinguished by Water monitor.  Along with these, information about different types of fires was provided which are  Class A(Ash- Solid fire),Class B( Barrel- Liquid fire),Class C(Cylinder – Gaseous Fire), Class D(Ductile – Metal Fire) fires.

Mayur Valve in action

Lastly, the students were taught about the different types of extinguishers and their SOP(standard operating procedure). These include – Water type, Powder(chemical type), Foam and Gas(Co2). The Students also operated all the extinguishers to extinguish fire set up using oil.

Various types of extinguisher

The field visit was a very exhilarating experience for all the students and made the students aware about ONGC and also about the career opportunities in such PSU’s. The staff at ONGC was very welcoming and supportive.