The Eil and ONGC Energy Center Trust (OECT) signed an agreement for the execution of the project at the ONGC -New Delhi office on 18 August 2025 at the ONGC -New Delhi office “Detailed Project Report, Basic Engineering Design Package, and the execution of the project through EPCM and the Kutlam Gas Collection Station of ONGC at the Kuthalm Gas Collection Station of Tamil Nadu.
The agreement has been executed in the presence of other senior management officers of both organizations in Rajiv Aggarwal (Director Technology) – EIL and Vikram Saxena (Director, Technology and Field Services) – ONGC and ONGC New Delhi Office.
Eil is a public sector undertaking under the administrative control of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MOPNG), providing the concept of commission services in various industrial areas. OECT is a trust established by ONGC for research and development in alternative energy, especially focusing on projects that have the ability to impact India’s energy sector.
The project is of extreme national importance to the honorable Prime Minister’s perspective of “self-sufficient India” with the development of indigenous technology by EIL, CSIR-IIP and OECT towards recovery of grade-a helium of 99.995% purity from natural gas. Helium, space, semiconductor manufacturing, medical fields and various industrial and scientific applications are an important resource with its broad applications.
