{"id":175340,"date":"2026-02-25T15:14:04","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T09:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=175340"},"modified":"2026-02-25T15:14:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T09:44:05","slug":"ongcs-first-carbon-capture-and-storage-pilot-at-gandhar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/ongcs-first-carbon-capture-and-storage-pilot-at-gandhar\/","title":{"rendered":"ONGC\u2019s First Carbon Capture and Storage Pilot at Gandhar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>ONGC is implementing its first full-scale Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) pilot at the Gandhar oilfield in Gujarat, marking a significant step in decarbonising India\u2019s hydrocarbon sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gandhar is among the country\u2019s largest onshore brownfields \u2014 mature oilfields that have been producing for decades. The pilot aims to capture carbon dioxide and store it safely underground, reducing emissions while assessing the feasibility of scaling CCS across similar fields.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key Highlights<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>India\u2019s first Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) pilot<\/strong> has been launched by <strong>Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC)<\/strong> at the <strong>Gandhar oilfield in Gujarat<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The project aims to <strong>capture carbon dioxide (CO\u2082) emissions<\/strong> from industrial sources and <strong>inject them underground<\/strong> into depleted oil and gas reservoirs for long-term storage.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This initiative is part of India\u2019s broader strategy to <strong>reduce greenhouse gas emissions<\/strong> and support the country\u2019s <strong>net-zero targets<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The captured CO\u2082 may also be used for <strong>Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR)<\/strong>, which can help increase oil production while storing carbon.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The pilot project will help ONGC develop <strong>technical expertise and feasibility data<\/strong> for scaling up CCS projects across India in the future.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CCS is considered important for <strong>hard-to-abate sectors<\/strong> such as oil, gas, cement, and heavy industry where emissions are difficult to eliminate.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The project demonstrates India\u2019s growing interest in <strong>carbon management technologies<\/strong> to balance energy needs with climate commitments.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ONGC is implementing its first full-scale Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) pilot at the Gandhar oilfield in Gujarat, marking a significant step in decarbonising India\u2019s hydrocarbon sector. Gandhar is among the country\u2019s largest onshore brownfields \u2014 mature oilfields that have been producing for decades. The pilot aims to capture carbon dioxide and store it safely [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":419,"featured_media":175341,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[5399],"tags":[4916],"class_list":["post-175340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs-january-2026","tag-national-current-affairs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/419"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175340"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":175342,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175340\/revisions\/175342"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/175341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}