Oil & gas
L&T arm wins Rs2,715-cr offshore contract
24 Jun 2015
ONGC Videsh seeks freedom to decide on investments of up to $1 bn
17 Jun 2015
The board of OVL currently has powers to decide on investment of up to Rs300 crore while a Navratna PSU gets to decide on investment projects of up to Rs3,000 crore
US regulators approve Royal Dutch Shell-BG Group $70 bn merger
17 Jun 2015
The US Federal Trade Commission has cleared the deal, which still requires regulatory approval from the European Union, China, Australia and Brazil
Ruias to sell 49% in Essar Oil to Russia's Rosneft for Rs10,500 cr: report
16 Jun 2015
The Ruias, along with Essar Energy Plc, own 90 per cent stake in Essar Oil and a deal with Rosneft will make the Ruias a minority shareholder in the company
Fluid injection's role in man-made earthquakes revealed
15 Jun 2015
For the first time, researchers in the United States and France have observed how fluid injection sets off microearthquakes on a sizable, subterranean fault
Vedanta annexes Cairn India in $2.3-bn all-stock deal
15 Jun 2015
The merger will help debt-laden Vedanta to use debt-free Cairn India’s cash reserves of over Rs16,800 crore to part pay its Rs37,636 crore debt
RIL all set to roll out 4G services in December
12 Jun 2015
Reliance Jio has applied for a pan-India cable television multi-system operator licence and plans to enter into broadcast TV distribution, Ambani said
Hess Corp sells half of Bakken midstream assets for $2.68 bn
12 Jun 2015
Hess intends to use the sale proceeds to strengthen its balance sheet in the volatile oil price environment for future growth and share buybacks
US topples Saudi Arabia as biggest oil producer in 2014
10 Jun 2015
The United States emerged as the world's biggest oil producer in 2014 with estimated production of 11.6 million barrels of oil per day, toppling Opec major Saudi Arabia's 11.5 mbpd
ONGC to invest over Rs41,000 crore in new fields
08 Jun 2015
State-owned ONGC plans to invest around Rs41,678 crore over the next 20 years to bring into production newer oil and gas fields and redevelop ageing fields
EPA finds no evidence of pollution from fracking
05 Jun 2015
Petrobras raises $2.5 bn in 100-year debt
02 Jun 2015
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