Sea Survival Training being taken at ATI ONGC

ONGC has over 10,000 people working offshore. On any given day, in Mumbai alone, as many as 450 people are flown…

Why is Sea Survival Training critical?

ONGC has over 10,000 people working offshore. On any given day, in Mumbai alone, as many as 450 people are flown in ONGC helicopters across the sea in over 35 sorties between Mumbai and its offshore rigs.

Helicopter crashes at sea are an ever present danger which is why ONGC has created the latest world-class facilities for safety training to survive such an event. Training that hopefully will never have to be really put to test.

ONGC’s Sea Survival Centre: A National, and indeed, a Global asset

ONGC’s Sea Survival Centre is India’s deepest training facility that provides a simulated training experience to help personnel exit successfully from a helicopter cabin in the event of a crash. It is located at the sprawling ONGC Goa campus of IPSHEM (Institute of Petroleum Safety, Health and Environment Management) an integrated advanced safety training institute for the Oil & Gas sector.

This facility has the deepest pool in the country and is equipped to simulate realistic scenarios like mist, waves, darkness and rain. Eight different types of waves up to two metres in height can be created, with four big wave chambers built into the pool.