Oil & gas
Southern gas grid to be commissioned by mid-2012
20 Apr 2010
China offers $20-billion loan to Venezuela
19 Apr 2010
China will provide soft loans worth $20 billion to Venezuela for the development of the Latin American nation’s energy sector
India to engage Iran over IPI gas pipeline once again
19 Apr 2010
India’s on again, off again engagement with the Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline has been revived once again with New Delhi seeking fresh talks over participation in the $7.5 billion gas pipeline.
Evaluator halves RIL’s D9 block potential
16 Apr 2010
India builds strategic oil reserve facilities for Rs3,000 crore
16 Apr 2010
The strategic oil reserve facilities, the first of their kind in the country, will be built at three locations in east and west coast of southern India as they would be easily accessible to refineries
PM stresses BRIC cooperation in energy, food security
16 Apr 2010
The group would resist all trade protectionism and look at increasing commerce with one another in local currencies, bypassing the US dollar
GAIL in stake talks for Interoil's Papua LNG project
13 Apr 2010
CNOOC, China's biggest offshore petroleum explorer, has already tied-up with Interoil on the project, though it is not clear whether it would take a stake in the project
ConocoPhillips sells Syncrude Canada stake to Sinopec for $4.65 billion
13 Apr 2010
The third-largest US oil and gas company ConocoPhillips is selling its non-core asets to pare its debts
NTPC to buy 1.5 mcm extra gas from RIL: report
12 Apr 2010
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