Oil & gas
India-Opec dialogue: Pradhan seeks shift from 'Asian premiums' to `Asian dividend'
22 May 2017
Opec should work towards `Responsible Pricing’ instead of chasing the market, he said, adding that this is important for India and other Asian countries for socio-economic and developmental reasons
Diesels pollute more than lab tests detect
16 May 2017
Petrobras seeks to sell Texas refinery
10 May 2017
Crude prices hit 5-month lows as glut fears weigh
05 May 2017
Oil prices fell 3 per cent on Friday after prices crashed to five-month lows in the previous session amidst concerns of global oversupply
Trump administration sued over offshore drilling
04 May 2017
BP back in the black with $1.4 bn Q1 profit
03 May 2017
Pembina Pipeline to buy energy processor Veresen for C$9.7 bn
02 May 2017
The proposed acquisition will create one of the largest energy infrastructure companies in Canada with a market value of around $33 billion
BP to sell its 50% stake in SECCO to Sinopec for $1.68 bn
28 Apr 2017
The sale is part of the London-based company’s plan to raise up to $5.5 billion through asset sales this year in order pay for the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster in the US
Reliance starts commercial production of coal bed methane
22 Apr 2017
RIL has become the third company in India to begin CBM gas production after Great Eastern Energy Corp Ltd (GEECL) and Essar Oil Ltd, the two existing players selling CBM gas in the market
Govt proposes online sale of petrol and diesel for home delivery
21 Apr 2017
The petroleum ministry will advise oil marketing companies like IOC, BPCL and HPCL to get into e-commerce mode of transaction for door-to-door delivery of petrol and diesel
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
