ÍSOR has concluded an agreement with ONGC

ÍSOR has concluded an agreement with ONGC (Oil and Natural Gas Company – www.ongcindia.com), one of the largest oil companies in India, regarding the preparation of a geothermal power plant in the Puga valley in Ladakh, in the Kashmir region.

ÍSOR has concluded an agreement with ONGC (Oil and Natural Gas Company – www.ongcindia.com), one of India's largest oil companies, for the preparation of a geothermal power plant in the Puga valley in Ladakh, in the Kashmir region.

The project is not only the first that ONGC has undertaken in this field, but it is also the preparation for the first geothermal power station in India. If it succeeds, it will likely mark further undertakings by the company in the utilisation of geothermal energy in India.

The agreement involves consultancy in the preparation of drilling, research, monitoring, measurements, output capacity measurements and data processing, and it is one of the largest individual agreements that ÍSOR has made abroad.

In the first round, two roughly 1000-metre-deep, slim research wells will be drilled, which can be used for electricity production on a small scale if it succeeds. Two specialists on behalf of ÍSOR have now arrived in Puga, as drilling is set to begin in the coming days.

Conditions are very demanding, as the work site is at roughly 4,400 metres above sea level, since Puga is in the Himalayas.

ÍSOR's subcontractors and collaborators on the project include the engineering firm Verkís and the Indian company Techon Consulting.

This is, however, not the first geothermal project that ÍSOR has been involved in in India; ÍSOR and Verkís, together with SIH Píulagnir, were involved in a house-heating project in Chumathang with Norwegians a few years ago, and that village is near the Puga valley. See the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3HhiH5_pUY