Oil & gas
RIL appoints UK judge David Steele as arbitrator in gas dispute
07 Jul 2014
David Steele, a London-based commercial law expert, has also been a judge of the Commercial and Admiralty Courts, London and is currently an associate judge of the Dubai International Financial Centre
Govt looking at innovative ways of tackling subsidy burden: oil minister
07 Jul 2014
The government is looking at new reform measures for containing fuel subsidy without giving consumers a price shock
New study links Oklahama earthquakes to fracking
04 Jul 2014
Hydraulic fracturing, known as fracking, a controversial process, uses high-pressure blasts of water mixed with a chemical cocktail that are injected into wells to fracture rock and unlock trapped natural gas
Norwegian companies Statoil and Statkraft to receive £1.6 billion subsidies for setting up UK wind farm
02 Jul 2014
Non-subsidised LPG to cost Rs16.50 more per cylinder; ATF prices up 0.6%
02 Jul 2014
The increase in rates of non-subsidised LPG and ATF accompanies the Rs1.69 a litre hike in petrol and Rs0.50 a litre hike in diesel announced yesterday
India must shift energy focus from oil and coal: Pachauri
30 Jun 2014
R K Pachauri, chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), has termed India’s decision to increase the number of coal-based power projects as a "wasteful approach"
ONGC to spend Rs5,700 cr on upping output from Bombay High
28 Jun 2014
State-run explorer Oil & Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) on Friday said it would invest over Rs5,700 crore in re-development of its giant Mumbai High (North) oil and gas field
CCEA defers decision on gas price hike by 3 months
25 Jun 2014
Announcing the decision, minister for petroleum and natural gas Dharmendra Pradhan said there was need for comprehensive discussions on gas price revision
Govt trying to keep revised gas price below $6.8 per mmBtu
24 Jun 2014
According to indications, the increase in gas prices will be $2 lower than the $8.4 per mmBtu price recommended by the UPA government
Govt wants Reliance Industries to drop arbitration notice: report
23 Jun 2014
RIL had, last month, served a notice of arbitration on the petroleum ministry, following it up with another notice on the appointment of an arbitrator
India again looks to Iran as Iraq trouble sends oil prices soaring
20 Jun 2014
Benchmark crude prices are trading at a nine-month high as Islamic militants battle government forces in Iraq, which is now India’s second-biggest oil supplier
EU worried as Russia threatens to close gas-supply to Ukraine
16 Jun 2014
The breakdown of the talks is likely to increase political tensions between Kiev and Moscow as Ukrainian government forces clashed with pro-Russian separatists in east Ukraine
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