Essar beats Transocean in ONGC rig contract Vol 14, PW 19 (24 Mar 11) Exploration & Production Victory never tasted so sweet. Essar Oilfields has narrowly beaten its sole rival Transocean in an ONGC tender to hire a semi-submersible to drill three wells in water depths of up to 300 metres.... Buy this article forRs590 $9 For a 30-article or annual subscription rates click here RelatedScrapyard likely for GSF-140 rig (15 Dec 16) Oil India drops plan for GSF-140 from ONGC (04 Jun 15) Essar Wildcat says 'no, thank you' to ONGC (30 Jun 11) Two Transocean rigs pull out of ONGC tender (10 Mar 11) Close call as Wildcat wins ONGC rig tender (15 Jul 10) ONGC rig tender extension (01 Jul 10) Transocean and Essar favourite in rig tender (11 Mar 10) Poor response to three other ONGC floater tenders (23 Apr 09) ONGC extends 7500-ft rig deadline (07 Aug 08) Petrom of Romania shelves India and winds up (07 Apr 04)