Oil & gas
Canada approves Cnooc-Nexen $15.1 bn deal
08 Dec 2012
Freeport-McMoRan to buy Plains Exploration, McMoRan Exploration for $9 bn
06 Dec 2012
The combined company is expected to be a leading US-based natural resource producer with a global portfolio of mineral assets, significant oil and gas resources and a growing production profile
RIL set to get nod for D6 capex plans: report
05 Dec 2012
The petroleum and natural gas ministry is expected to approve RIL's revised capital expenditure proposal of $6.2 billion for its Krishna-Godavari D6 block, off the Andhra Pradesh coast
India seeks to tie up LNG imports from Australia
04 Dec 2012
ONGC to acquire ConocoPhillips' Kazakh oilfield stake for $5 bn
27 Nov 2012
In its largest ever overseas acquisition, ONGC wil buy US oil and gas giant ConocoPhillips’ 8.4-per cent stake in Kazakhstan’s Kashagan oilfield for approximately $5 billion
Total to sell Nigerian oilfield stake to China’s Sinopec for $2.5 bn
20 Nov 2012
The sale is part of Total’s plans to divest assets worth up to $20 billion from 2012 to 2014
Featured articles
Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
By Kiron Kasbekar | 03 Jan 2024
In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!
COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
What is a Ponzi scheme?
By Aniket Gupta | 06 Dec 2023
Ponzi schemes have long captivated the public imagination, drawing unsuspecting investors into a web of illusion and deception.
The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
03 Jul 2023
HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
02 Apr 2023
Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
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
