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Download Solution PDFIn which country, ONGC Videsh Limited (OVL) has made an oil discovery in June 2022?
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Option 2 : Colombia
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Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is Colombia.
Key Points
- ONGC Videsh Limited (OVL) has made an oil discovery in the recently drilled well, Urraca-IX, in the CPO-5 block, Llanos Basin, Colombia.
- Block CPO-5 was awarded to OVL in the 2008 bid round of Colombia.
- ONGC Videsh Limited is a wholly-owned subsidiary and overseas arm of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. (ONGC).
- ONGC Chairman- Arun Kumar Singh
Additional Information
- Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America.
- It is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuela to the east, Brazil to the southeast, Ecuador and Peru to the south.
- Colombia:
- Capital: Bogotá
- President: Iván Duque Márquez
- Currency: Colombian peso
- Continent: South America
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