Oil & gas
Auction of oil and gas blocks fetches India $1.1 billion
01 Jul 2010
A total of twenty companies have committed some $1.1 billion in investment to look for oil and gas in 31 exploration blocks in India's latest energy auction round.
India to open shale gas for exploration in 2012
30 Jun 2010
The government is expected to initially focus on the Cambay basin in Gujarat, Assam-Arakan in the North-East and Gondwana in central India.
Oil on longest downward spiral in six weeks
30 Jun 2010
Deora slams Opposition over fuel hike agitation
30 Jun 2010
ONGC to spend Rs4,580 crore on rig acquisition
29 Jun 2010
Price de-control to cover diesel also: PM
29 Jun 2010
While he gave no time frame for the decontrol of diesel prices, he said the prices of domestic cooking gas, LPG and kerosene would continue to be regulated by the government.
Noble to buy Frontier Drilling for $2.16 billion
28 Jun 2010
RIL makes seventh oil find in Cambay basin
28 Jun 2010
The exploration block CB-ONN -2003/1 (CB 10 A&B), in which Reliance Industries has 100 per cent participating interest, covers an area of 635 sq km.
BP shares in free fall
26 Jun 2010
Can't let BP be destroyed, says Cameron
26 Jun 2010
While BP is accountable for the spill, Cameron said, it is also in the long-term interests of all that there is some clarity over the issue, "so that we don't at the same time see the destruction of a company that is important for all our interests."
Oil spill cost up at $2.35-billion: BP
25 Jun 2010
RIL signs revised gas supply agreement with RNRL
25 Jun 2010
This paves way to government allocation of natural gas from Reliance Industries' KG-D6 gas fields to RNRL power plants.
Gazprom resumes full gas supplies to Belarus
25 Jun 2010
Government decides to lift control on petrol prices
25 Jun 2010
The empowered group of ministers today decided to approve an increase of Rs3.50 per litre of petrol, Rs2 per litre of diesel and Rs35 per cylinder of LGP.
Fresh EGoM meet on Friday to decide fuel price hikes
22 Jun 2010
A panel of ministers will meet on Friday to consider raising petrol and diesel prices by Rs2-4 per litre, and may also deliberate on freeing petrol and diesel prices from government control
Anil Ambani meets Murli Deora
22 Jun 2010
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