Oil & gas
Govt launches national LPG portability scheme
22 Jan 2014
The procedure to opt for portability is simple, and requires LPG consumers to register for portability on the respective web sites of the OMCs.
Shell to sell stakes in two Australian projects to Kuwait for $1.14 bn
20 Jan 2014
Shell is under pressure from investors to sell non-core assets to focus on more profitable ventures and improve the company's financials
Moily obliges Rahul: gas quota to be hiked to 12 cylinders
18 Jan 2014
Ahead of the general elections, petroleum minister M Veerappa Moily, has agreed to raise the cap on subsidised cylinders to 12 per year
India set to sign fresh oil deal with Mozambique
16 Jan 2014
Shell to sell some North Sea oilfields to raise under divestment programme
15 Jan 2014
Despite its divestments Shell still expects to hit its target of $130 billion in capital expenditure between 2012 and 2015
RIL looking to buy Petronas stake in Venezuelan oil project
15 Jan 2014
Reliance Industries Ltd is looking at buying Petronas' 11-per cent stake in Venezuela's $20 billion Carabobo-1 project, one of oil-rich Venezuela's biggest petroleum project
India looks for fresh oil sources overseas
14 Jan 2014
Subsidised gas quota may go up, but at a price: Moily
13 Jan 2014
Even as petroleum minister M Veerappa Moily said on Sunday said that the government is considering increasing the quota of subsidised LPG cylinders to 12 per household, prices of subsidised cooking gas could go up by Rs75-100 a cylinder
Tullow Oil rises sharply on takeover speculation
11 Jan 2014
Exxon's Mobil brand to return to Australian petrol pumps four years after sale
10 Jan 2014
ExxonMobil’s Mobil petrol brand is returning to Australia, four years after the sale of its retail assets to retail chain 7-Eleven in 2010
New price norms for RIL’s D6 gas not beyond review: SC
06 Jan 2014
The Supreme Court today observed that the matter of the government allowing RIL to hike prices of gas from its D6 block in the offshore Krishna-Godavari Basin is not final and is subject to review
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