OREANDA-NEWS. ONGC Videsh Limited (ONGC Videsh) entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO) on the sidelines of World Petroleum Congress (WPC) 2014 at Moscow. The MOU was signed by Mr. SP Garg, Managing Director, ONGC Videsh and Mr. BesimSisman, President and CEO of TPAO on 18th June, 2014 in the presence of Asc. Prof. H. Murat Mercan, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, Republic of Turkey.

The MOU paves the way for joint cooperation between two National Oil Companies in the hydrocarbon sector. The MOU envisages two companies working together for E&P activities in Turkey, joint participation in bidding for opportunities including exploration bid rounds in third countries and pursuit of hydrocarbon area related research and development activities.

ONGC Videsh and TPAO are consortium partners in the Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli (ACG) project in Azerbaijan and Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline from Azerbaijan to Turkey via Georgia.