The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) is India’s premier producer of crude oil and natural gas. Headquartered in New Delhi and operating as a Maharatna enterprise, the organisation manages a vast network of onshore and offshore assets that are vital to the country’s domestic energy output. To maintain this critical infrastructure, ONGC took the strategic decision to establish a centralised, 24/7 Production Operations Control Centre (POCC) at IPEOT, Panvel.
The primary challenge was to create an environment that enabled faster, more accurate decision-making by bringing together complex production dashboards, live operational video, and multi-departmental collaboration into a single, cohesive view. The solution needed to deliver high-impact visualisation for complete situational awareness, while remaining intuitive for day-to-day use and scalable to meet future operational requirements.
To support the creation of the new Production Operations Control Centre, ONGC selected Datapath as its videowall and operator KVM technology partner. Datapath’s platforms were chosen for their proven performance in mission-critical environments, where reliability, security, and ease of use are essential.
At the core of the POCC is a Datapath-powered interactive LED videowall that combines high-performance visualisation with secure KVM workflows. This enables operators to access and control multiple workstations and live sources directly from the wall through a fast and intuitive user interface.
Using Datapath’s multi-source visualisation capabilities, teams can view SCADA and production dashboards, operator PCs, IP camera feeds, and web-based applications side-by-side without disrupting the primary operational view. Integrated KVM control allows operators to switch seamlessly between sources for troubleshooting and decision support, while multi-touch and multi-user interaction enables collaborative working during shift briefings, incident response, and executive reviews.
Designed for enterprise control room environments, the Datapath-T1V platform supports on-premises deployment, secure workflows, and integration with unified communications systems. This ensures operational visibility can be extended beyond the main control room to adjacent spaces and remote participants, while maintaining control-room-grade performance.
Andy Lee, senior business development manager at Datapath, commented: “The POCC is designed to support demanding, round-the-clock operations, where teams need instant access to complex information and the ability to collaborate without friction. Our role was to provide a secure, high-performance visualisation and KVM platform that enables ONGC’s teams to work with confidence, both today and as operational requirements evolve.”
Ranbir Singh, Director at Pan Intellecom, the integrator for the project, said: “Our focus was reliability, simplicity and a platform that the end user can operate with ease and without much technical knowledge. Datapath helped us achieve this through their user friendly Aetria touch panel which provides a quick, responsive and seamless KVM Control.”
The Datapath-enabled POCC has transformed how ONGC monitors and manages its production operations. Operators can now move seamlessly between multiple sources, positioning dashboards, camera feed, and applications side-by-side to support faster, more informed decision-making.
By enabling collaborative interaction on the videowall and extending situational awareness beyond the main control room, the POCC delivers a secure, scalable, and future-ready operational hub that supports ONGC’s mission-critical activities around the clock.