Oil & gas
Apache Corp to buy ExxonMobil's North Sea assets for $1.75 bn
21 Sep 2011
Apache Corp, the second-largest independent oil and gas company in the US after Anadarko Petroleum, is buying oil giant ExxonMobil's assets to increase its North Sea production for about $1.75 billion in order.
CBI set to file FIRs against RIL, DGH in D6 cost inflation case
21 Sep 2011
RIL is charged with inflating its capital expenditure from $2.4 billion to $8.8 billion for the KG D6 field between September and December 2006.
Steep hike in ONGC’s subsidy burden likely
20 Sep 2011
BPCL to invest Rs1,900 cr in new LNG terminal in Mozambique
20 Sep 2011
BPCL, India’s third-largest refiner will invest Rs1,900 crore as part of its share for building a $4-billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Mozambique
Meeting on dual pricing for LPG a non-starter
16 Sep 2011
Rockhopper upbeat about Falklands oil prospects
15 Sep 2011
Petrol prices up Rs3.14 a litre
15 Sep 2011
Oil companies in India, however, are unable to hike prices of diesel, which is more widely consumed, as the government has not yet freed it from price control.
India rejects Chinese bid to claim Vietnamese oil blocks
15 Sep 2011
In a rare display of toughness India's ministry of external affairs (MEA) said China's objections have ''no legal basis'' as the blocks belong to Vietnam
Fuel prices may rise as rupee weakens against dollar
15 Sep 2011
With the rupee touching a new low against the dollar, petrol prices are expected to rise furthr to cover the cost of crude oil imports
Montek, Praful Patel differ on hiking diesel prices
08 Sep 2011
There seems to be a distinct difference between policy-makers on closing the artificial disparity between petrol and diesel prices in the country.
Delhi clears outstanding oil payments to Iran
05 Sep 2011
OVL renegotiates contract with Iraqi government
02 Sep 2011
ExxonMobil, Rosneft sign $3.2 billion Russian Arctic exploration deal
31 Aug 2011
According to experts the Arctic is estimated too have 80-million barrels of crude oil
RIL, BP start strategic alliance in India
30 Aug 2011
This planned alliance will operate across the gas value chain in India, from exploration and production to distribution and marketing
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