Oil & gas
Russia’s Lukoil buys back stake from ConocoPhillips for $2.4 billion
28 Sep 2010
Lukoil bought just enough shares to avoid potential third-party investors joining the company’s board by accumulating the shares
UAE oil pipeline to be completed this year
27 Sep 2010
KNOC secures 64.26-% stake in bid for Dana
24 Sep 2010
Petrobras raises record $70 billion in world’s largest share sale
24 Sep 2010
The fund raising a step towards meeting the Brazilian state-owned oil giant's massive $224 billion five-year oil exploration investment plan
Petro, diesel in India go green: Prasada
24 Sep 2010
India has switched oveer to the cleaner Euro-III and Euro-IV petrol and diesel from this week, ahead of the 1 October deadline
IOC plans $1 bn foreign acquisitions spree
23 Sep 2010
IOC has earmarked $1 billion for the acquisition of exploration and production assets abroad.at a time when China is outbidding India for multi-billion dollar energy assets
ONGC bids for Russia's Arctic oil assets
21 Sep 2010
ONGC is among six global companies that have bid for exploiting the giant Trebs and Titov oil deposits in Russia's Arctic region
Petrol pumps decide to strike from Monday
18 Sep 2010
Petroleum, flowers included in WPI base revamp
14 Sep 2010
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India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
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Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
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
