Oil & gas
Ninth round of NELP gets under way
16 Oct 2010
India is offering no tax concessions under the new Direct Tax Code for the 11th round of auctioning under the NELP, offering 34 oil and gas blocks, including eight deep water ones
Japan turns on the sanctions squeeze on Iran
15 Oct 2010
Japan’s biggest energy explorer, Inpex Corp, has announced its withdrawal from Iran's Azadegan oil field project, in a move aimed at pre-empting any US move to put it on a sanctions list.
RIL loses out to CNOOC's $2.16-bn for Chesapeake’s shale assets
11 Oct 2010
The deal comes just a few days after talks collapsed between the Mumbai-based $45-billion RIL and Chesapeake, which had been seeking a partner since June 2010 to invest and develop its Eagle Ford Shale liquid play.
Wellstream rejects GE’s £755 million bid
07 Oct 2010
RIL in hot oil over low output from KG field
05 Oct 2010
ONGC out, BP to transfer Vietnam oil stake to TNK-BP
05 Oct 2010
Although TNK-BP had been mulling since July to put in a bid for BP’s assets, its board had approved a bid for the assets in Vietnam and Venezuela only last week.
Government to ask Vedanta to pick up tab for royalty and cess on Cairn's Barmer production
04 Oct 2010
BP’s Gulf of Mexico oil spill costs $11.2 billion; pledges assets as spill fund collateral
04 Oct 2010
The cost includes the spill response, containment, relief well drilling, static kill and cementing, grants to the Gulf states, claims paid and federal costs.
Sinopec acquires 40-% in Repsol’s Brazilain assets for $7.1-bn
01 Oct 2010
Sinopec, Asia's largest oil refiner today acquired a 40-per cent stake in the Brazilian asses of Spanish oil company Repsol YPF SA for $7.1 billion, its second-largest overseas investment to date.
MIAL to develop integrated ATF facility at Mumbai airport in tie-up with PSU oil companies
01 Oct 2010
ONGC, Kuwaiti oil firms to expand cooperation
28 Sep 2010
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