Result of ONGC Innovation Challenge 2017
January 30, 2018
ONGC launched an “ONGC Innovation Challenge” on MyGov, to seek solutions/ innovations/ ideas from public to few challenge areas in the sector of exploration and production of oil and gas. The challenge areas were:
- “Artificial lifting Equipment” for Horizontal Wells (including ESP Pump for horizontal wells)
- “Flow Improvement” in Crude oil pipelines
- “Data Computation and Analytics”
- “Sand Influx Control” during production of Oil & Gas
- “Mud Loss in wells” in Western Offshore
“ONGC Innovation Challenge” was hosted on https://innovate.mygov.in; a platform for citizen engagement founded by the Government of India. The entries for submission were invited from 18th May 2017 till 7th Aug 2017.
The final outcome of the “Two Stage Evaluation” of the submitted entries received in the ONGC Innovation Challenge is as given under;
| Challenge Area | First Prize
Rs 10 Lakh Entry No |
Second Prize
Rs 5 Lakh Entry No |
| “Artificial lifting Equipment” for Horizontal Wells (including ESP Pump for horizontal wells) | No Award | |
| “Flow Improvement” in Crude oil pipelines | No Award | |
| “Data Computation and Analytics” | No Award | 106389 |
| “Sand Influx Control” during production of Oil & Gas | No Award | |
| “Mud Loss in Wells” in Western Offshore. | No Award | |
The name of the prize winner/s is/are;
| Challenge Area | Entry No | Name | Proposed Innovation/Idea | Prize |
| “Data Computation and Analytics” | 106389 | Mr Nirmal O. Ghotekar
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Use of visualisation tools, file systems and open source programs for report generation, data visualization and machine leaning operation | 2nd Prize of Rs 5 lakh |
ONGC congratulates the winner Mr Nirmal O Ghotekar on his achievement.
