Oil & gas
RIL acquires majority stake in Carrizo Oil & Gas shale
13 Sep 2010
Carrizo will serve as the development operator for the joint venture while Reliance has the option to act as a development operator in certain regions in the coming years as part of the joint venture
BP excluded from FTSE4Good ethical index
11 Sep 2010
World oil demand to rise to 86.6 mbpd in 2011: OPEC
11 Sep 2010
More than 90-per cent of growth is attributed to non-OECD countries, mainly China, India, the Middle East, and Latin America in all the quarters, with more strength in the second half of the year.
India interested in tapping seabed route for Iranian gas: Report
09 Sep 2010
Iran has indicated that India may resume negotiations for importing natural gas from Iran via a sea pipeline, separate from the land-based ‘Peace Pipeline’ that will traverse the Pakistani landmass.
KNOC says $2.6-bn offer is final
09 Sep 2010
Automotive fuel prices hiked marginally
08 Sep 2010
A minor hike in dealer margins, approved by the government with effect from mid last night has raised retail petrol prices by approximately 10 paise a litre and diesel by 8 paise
UAE’s Dana Gas discovers new gas source in Egypt
06 Sep 2010
Brazil’s Petrobras to raise $64.5 billion in stock sale-the biggest in history
03 Sep 2010
The offer, which would be the largest stock sale in capital markets history, fund its massive $224 billion five-year oil exploration investment plan, the biggest ever in the history of the oil industry
Gazprom posts record $10.6 billion profit in Q1
02 Sep 2010
Beating analyst estimates, Moscow-based Gazprom said this increase was primarily due to higher volumes of gas sold in all geographical segments
Featured articles
Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
By Kiron Kasbekar | 03 Jan 2024
In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!
COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
What is a Ponzi scheme?
By Aniket Gupta | 06 Dec 2023
Ponzi schemes have long captivated the public imagination, drawing unsuspecting investors into a web of illusion and deception.
The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
03 Jul 2023
HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
02 Apr 2023
Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
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
