Oil & gas
Deepak Fertilisers moves HC against stoppage of gas supply
16 May 2014
The shortage of domestic gas has forced urea manufacturing units to rely on exorbitantly high-priced imported LNG, the cost of which the government has to bear in the form of subsidy
Diesel made costlier by Rs1.09 per litre
13 May 2014
RIL serves arbitration notice on govt for failure to notify new gas price
10 May 2014
The controversial formula approved by the government doubles the price of natural gas for domestic producers to $8.2 per unit
Essar Global Fund wins shareholders approval to buy Essar Energy
10 May 2014
London-based Essar Energy owns the Vadinar refinery in Gujarat, the second-largest private sector refinery in India, the Stanlow refinery in the UK, a 50-per cent stake in the Kenya Petroleum Refinery Limited
ONGC, BPCL strike it rich in Mozambique
07 May 2014
US sanctions likely to hurt Exxon’s Arctic plans
30 Apr 2014
Ophir Energy no longer interested in Premier oil
29 Apr 2014
Gas price too low even at $8.2 per unit, RIL tells SC
26 Apr 2014
Reliance Industries Ltd today denied allegations of being favoured by a higher mandated price for gas under the Rangarajan formula, and told the Supreme Court it would seek more than the recently granted $8.2 per mBtu during arbitration
Khazkhistan looks to India as China tightens hold on its oil economy
25 Apr 2014
The Kazakh government is concerned over the growing influence of China, which now controls almost 40 per cent of oil and gas business in the country
Shell's Sakhalin-2 project expansion gets Putin's support
19 Apr 2014
Russian president, Vladimir Putin yesterday promised support to Shell chief executive officer Ben van Beurden’s plan to expand the Sakhalin-2 oil and gas project in Russia’s Far East, at a meeting at his residence near Moscow
Oil ministry opposes DGH move to divest RIL of gas finds
16 Apr 2014
The oil ministry is however seeking relaxation of the rules for RIL as it feels rebidding the finds may lead to delay in development of the discoveries
Reliance defies EC, tells fertiliser firms to pay double for gas
10 Apr 2014
The fertiliser industry is not prepared to meet RIL’s new terms, and says it will only follow government-mandated pricing
Russia’s Rosneft looks to ONGC, Reliance for possible tie-up
07 Apr 2014
Rosneft is the world’s top listed oil producer by output and a tie-up with it could open up opportunities for Indian companies, both in oil and gas
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