Oil & gas
BP and Rosneft extend share swap deadline
14 Apr 2011
BP's alliance with OAO Rosneft has run foul of its partners in another Russian joint venture, TNK-BP, who claim that the BP-Rosneft alliance violates the terms of the TNK-BP shareholder agreement
BP in last minute efforts to save Rosneft deal
14 Apr 2011
Brent crude rules above $121 a barrel
05 Apr 2011
Crude oil hits a new peak near $108 a barrel
02 Apr 2011
Wipro to acquire SAIC's oil and gas IT business for around $150 million
01 Apr 2011
SAIC's global oil and gas information technology unit provides consulting, system integration and outsourcing services to global oil majors in both the downstream and upstream segments.
US hounds German bank in bid to halt Indo-Iranian oil trade
31 Mar 2011
German officials are expressing helplessness in accommodating aggressive US demands to prevent a bank in Germany from being used as a payment conduit by India for Iranian oil.
India’s Essar Energy picks up UK refinery for $1.3-bn
30 Mar 2011
India's Essar Energy has agreed to buy Royal Dutch Shell's Stanlow refinery in northwest England for $1.3-bn, including stock at the site.
Aban subsidiary to sell Venture Drilling stake
29 Mar 2011
Essar to buy Shell's Stanlow refinery for $350 million and inventory cost
29 Mar 2011
The acquisition of Stanlow Refinery, the second largest refinery in the UK, will give Essar Energy direct access to the UK market.
Essar, Shell close to closing Stanlow deal
29 Mar 2011
Essar defers Vadinar refinery shutdown
29 Mar 2011
RIL failed to meet production commitments on KG-D6 gas field: DGH
29 Mar 2011
India’s oil regulator, the Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH), said Monday that Reliance Industries had failed to meet production commitments on drilling wells on the eastern offshore KG-D6 field.
NELP-IX: 74 bid for 33 oil and gas blocks on offer
28 Mar 2011
BHP Billiton, BG Group and East West Petroleum Corp are among the overseas companies that bid for oil and gas exploration blocks under NELP - IX.
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