Oil & gas
UK petrol price up at the highest in 10 years
21 Jan 2011
Cut taxes on crude, Deora tells Pranab
19 Jan 2011
Petroleum minister Murli Deora today sought the abolition of customs duty on crude oil and a cut in excise duty on diesel to avoid fuel price hikes due to spiralling crude prices
Mauritius, MRPL in talks for $2bn oil refinery
18 Jan 2011
Oil marketers bump up petrol prices again
17 Jan 2011
BP signs $7.8-bn strategic alliance with Roseneft for Arctic resources
15 Jan 2011
The British oil giant has signed a broad alliance with Russia's state-owned oil company, Rosneft, to explore the Arctic, one of the world's last remaining unexplored basins
India to auction shale blocks by end-2011
11 Jan 2011
India will auction the first of its shale gas blocks by the end of 2011. The bid to tap unconventional fuel is aimed at reducing the country’s energy shortfall.
PetroChina strikes pacts with UK's Ineos
11 Jan 2011
Duke Energy to acquire Progress Energy for $13.7-bn
11 Jan 2011
The $13.7-billion all-stock deal is expected to create the largest utility company in the US with a combined market capitalisation of over $36-billion
Sinopec discovers Myanmar’s biggest gas deposit
07 Jan 2011
India's mineral production declined in September
05 Jan 2011
India, Iran to open fresh oil payment channels
05 Jan 2011
The country needs Iranian oil, yet cannot risk the wrath of the US. Both India and Iran are seeking ways out of the dilemma
GAIL to market ONGC gas under new pact
04 Jan 2011
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Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
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Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
