Oil & gas
E-mail campaign seeking ‘no petrol day’ deeply flawed
05 Feb 2011
A politically motivated email campaign, with distorted information seeks to put the Indian government in the dock over the supposed reasons behind high fuel prices in the country, reports Jagdeep Worah
Chevron bid for Atlas Energy meets RIL roadblock
04 Feb 2011
Reliance has hired financial and legal advisors to discuss concerns about the proposed $3.2-billion acquisition of Atlas by oil giant Chevron
India, Iran resolve oil payments dispute
03 Feb 2011
India will make payments for oil imported from Iran, its second biggest supplier of crude, in Euros, through German bank EIH
Crude on the rise over Egypt unrest
03 Feb 2011
So far, the unrest in Egypt has not affected traffic on the Suez Canal or flows on the Suez-Mediterranean (SUMED) oil pipeline
Gulf oil spill costs BP $41-bn; plans to divest US assets
02 Feb 2011
Despite the oil spill costs, BP had cash reserves of over $18 billion at the end of 2010.
GCC not likely to be hit by Egypt unrest: report
02 Feb 2011
OPEC to boost output on oil supply disruption
02 Feb 2011
Though OPEC is concerned over unrest in Egypt, it feels there is no cause for an immediate increase in output
Oil theft fallout: CBI to probe Sonawane killing
01 Feb 2011
Oil retailers wangle Rs8,000-cr subsidy
01 Feb 2011
Maharashtra government crackdown on oil mafia
28 Jan 2011
ONGC strikes shale gas with maiden well
28 Jan 2011
In a major breakthrough, state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) said yesterday it had struck natural gas reserves in its maiden well drilled to tap shale gas in West Bengal.
Reddy rules out diesel price decontrol for now
27 Jan 2011
BPCL, HPCL boards postpone results announcements
25 Jan 2011
ONGC FPO to launch 15 March
25 Jan 2011
Rising crude prices to dent oil PSUs' profits
24 Jan 2011
RIL Q3 net zooms over 28 per cent to Rs5,135 crore
21 Jan 2011
Reliance Industries has reported a net profit of Rs14,910 crore ($3.3 billion) for the nine months ended 31 December 2010, following a strong recovery in refining margins
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