Oil & gas
GAIL plans Rs8,000 crore investment in pipelines
27 Jul 2009
GAIL will invest Rs7,600 crore for a 2,050 km pipeline from Jagdishpur to Halida.
Petronet LNG to invest Rs14,500 crore by 2011
27 Jul 2009
India’s major liquefied natural gas provider Petronet LNG plans to line up Rs14,500-crore investment by 2011 for its LNG terminal, power plant and allied projects in Puthuvypeen, near Kochi in Kerala
Finally, NELP-VIII to get under way on 8 August
23 Jul 2009
PMO writes to oil ministry over Anil Ambani plaint
23 Jul 2009
The PMO has has asked the oil ministry for an explanation on Anil Ambani's charge that the ministry was interfering in the RNRL-RIL dispute in favour of Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries Ltd.
Essar Oil to raise Rs4,600 crore to expand Vadinar refinery
22 Jul 2009
Essar Oil is raising Rs4,600 crore ($920 million) to fund the expansion of its 10.5 mtpa refinery at Vadinar in Gujarat to16 mtpa
Now, Andhra wants a pie of the KG basin gas
20 Jul 2009
Supreme Court sends notices to RIL, RNRL on family gas deal
20 Jul 2009
The Supreme Court today sent notices to Reliance Industries and Reliance Natural Resources asking why their gas supply agreement should not be cancelled, thereby making itself a party to the case
ExxonMobil liable for $1 billion fine in Texas
20 Jul 2009
ExxonMobil may be hit with penalties exceeding over $1 billion for sabotaging oil wells it no longer wanted, to prevent rivals from drilling
Government wants SC to `annul' Ambanis' gas pact
18 Jul 2009
The government filed a petition on Saturday asking the Supreme Court to annul the family agreement between the Ambani brothers to share the country's gas property between Reliance Industries and Reliance Natural Resources Ltd
Government files affidavit in SC to be impleaded in RIL-RNRL dispute
17 Jul 2009
The union government today filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court seeking to be a party to the ongoing dispute over gas sales by Reliance Industries to Reliance Natural Gas
Cairn’s Rajasthan project to reduce India's oil imports: Goldman Sachs
17 Jul 2009
Cairn India's Rajasthan oil fields, which are likely to start production next month, will reduce India's oil import bill by $6.8 billion or 7 per cent
PSU disinvestment to begin with NHPC and OIL
09 Jul 2009
ONGC in race for stake in Repsol -YPF's Argentinean arm
07 Jul 2009
Boosted by its successful acquisition of Imperial Energy in December 2008, ONGC now trains its sights on the Argentine unit of Spanish oil major Repsol-YPF
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