Oil & gas
India set for heavy investments in Nigeria’s energy sector
27 Jan 2010
India will invest atleast $360 million in developing two oil blocks in Nigeria, apart from across the spectrum investments it would like to make in the country’s energy sector.
KNOC to invest $6.5 billion in Canadian energy firms: report
27 Jan 2010
Following China’s footsteps South Korea’s state-owned oil and gas company is planning acquisitions in resource-rich countries while valuations are still low due to the economic downturn
ONGC, OVL pitted against Chinese soverign funds for foreign acquisitions
25 Jan 2010
China's large state owned enterprises, backed by the money power of the Chinese sovereign wealth funds have been making huge global investments and acquisitions in the energy and minerals sector, reports Ravi Kunder
Iraq seals $20 billion oil deal with Eni-led consortium
23 Jan 2010
The deal is one of several oil deals by Iraq, aiming at transforming the ruined nation into a major global oil producer
NTPC weighing alternatives for fuel security
21 Jan 2010
Tata Steel plans Rs45,000-crore coal-to-liquid JV with Sasol in Orissa
19 Jan 2010
The mega project will produce 80,000 barrel of liquid fuel per day when commissioned in 2018 with Tata abd Sasol holding an equal stake
GAIL to take up experimental landfill gas project in Delhi
18 Jan 2010
GAIL and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi plan an experimental landfill gas project in Delhi to generate methane gas from landfill sites
Global oil demand for 2010 to be 'sluggish': IEA
15 Jan 2010
The International Energy Agency said Friday that oil demand in the developed world for 2010 would be "sluggish" with all increases being accounted for by emerging markets.
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India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
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Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
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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
