Oil & gas
Brent crude futures hit an 11-year low near $36 a barrel
21 Dec 2015
Crude oil prices hit an eleven-year low on Monday amidst a steady rise in global production and record supply
Gasoline prices continue to tumble in US
21 Dec 2015
US lifts oil export ban after 40 years; offers sops to solar and wind power
19 Dec 2015
The US Congress had imposed the ban on export of US crude in the '70s after an oil price boom sent gasoline prices soaring and led to runaway inflation
Panel under ex-judge to examine ONGC-RIL dispute
17 Dec 2015
$7.6-bn TAPI gas pipeline project launched
14 Dec 2015
The 1,800-km pipeline from Caspian Sea to Fazilka on the India-Pakistan borderwill supply 38 mmscmd of gas each to India and Pakistan for 30 years
Opec output hit 3-year high in November
11 Dec 2015
Russia’s Rosneft seeks expanded ties with ONGC Videsh
08 Dec 2015
Rosneft is likely to join hands with ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL) for setting up more upstream projects, amid a significant decline in global prices for hydrocarbons, so as to remain competitive in a market flush with oil
Essar Oil to delist, buy back shares at Rs146.05 apiece
07 Dec 2015
The number of domestic retail investors in Essar Oil is reported to have fallen nearly 18 per cent since June last year to 7.9 per cent in September, even as FII holdings rose to 5.4 per cent from 4.1 per cent
Oil woes force Japanese refinery giants to merge
04 Dec 2015
The merger is in line with government’s mid-term policy that calls for reorganising the petroleum sector to improve competitiveness and make forays into midstream and downstream businesses abroad
Putin accuses Turkey of oil trade with ISIS
01 Dec 2015
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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
