India
ONGC's Helium plant goes on stream on 'National Technology Day'
Mayiladuthurai | Sunday, May 11 2008 IST
India made this year's 'National Technology Day' more honourable with its first Helium Extraction Plant going on stream at the ONGC Kuthalam Gas Collection Station here in Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu today. The Centre had declared May 11 as the 'National Technology Day' to commemorate the Pokhran Nuclear Test, conducted by India ten years ago. The commissioning of the plant for the extraction of Helium from Natural Gas, for the first time in India, was not only a technological breakthrough but also appropriately coincided with the 'National Technology Day,' ONGC Chairman and Managing Director R S Sharma told reporters after inaugurating the plant. The plant, set up at a cost of Rs six crore, was the first step towards making the country self-sufficient in Helium production when the whole reserve for this ''strategic'' gas was dipping and raising concerns for developing countries. This palnt had been established by ONGC, in association with Kolkata-based Saha Department of Atomic Energy and Department of Science and Technology. (Ed: Pls pick up suitably from earlier series) -- (UNI) -- 11MS35.xml
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