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- Aakash Exploration Services Limited Aakash Exploration Services Limited (AAKASH.NS) provides oil and gas field services in India, specializing in well intervention and maintenance operations; its core offerings include mobile workover rigs of 40-ton and 50-ton capacities, hot oil circulation units, mobile air compressors, mobile steaming units (boilers), mobile pumping units, cranes, manpower services, sucker rod pumping (SRP) units supply and maintenance, coiled tubing units, and related equipment such as heating units. Headquartered in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, and founded in 2007 following the conversion of the partnership firm Aakash Roadlines established in 2006, the ISO 9001, 14001, and OHSAS 18001 certified company operates on a pan-India basis across more than seven states, serving major clients including Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) in Ahmedabad, Mehsana, Ankleshwar, and Hazira projects (accounting for around 52% of its order book), Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation Limited (GSPCL), Vedanta Limited, Reliance, Cairn India, Essar Oil, Great Eastern Energy, Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), Niko, and Oil India Limited (OIL). Recent developments include securing a ₹19.36 crore order in June 2025 to bolster its order book, alongside multiple letters of intent (LOIs) and contracts awarded in 2024-2025 such as three low-pressure mobile steaming units (LP-MSU) for five years and one high-pressure mobile steaming unit from ONGC Ahmedabad Asset, one hot oil circulation (HOC) unit for six months from ONGC Ankleshwar Asset, one LP-MSU for five years and one high-pressure MSU for five months from ONGC Mehsana Asset, two-year MSU contract from GSPCL, and various one-year assignments from Vedanta Limited for rod running units (RRU), blowout preventer (BOP) services, wellhead greasing and integrity checks, and offshore operations in Barmer, Rajasthan, with its order book concentrated 57% in rigs as of March 2024 and low debt levels supporting stable operations amid India's Hydrocarbon Exploration and Licensing Policy (HELP) initiatives.