Oil & gas
ONGC denies bidding $5 bn for ConocoPhillips' Canadian oil sand assets
25 Sep 2012
Oil and Natural Gas Corp today refuted media reports that said it had placed a $5-billion bid for part of ConocoPhillips' Canadian oil sand assets
LPG distributors threaten stir against subsidy cap
24 Sep 2012
The National Federation of LPG Distributors of India has announced a nationwide strike on 1 October to oppose the cap on subsidised cooking gas cylinders that a household can obtain in a year
Fair trade panel may probe petrol pricing
24 Sep 2012
Rs140 duty relief on LPG cylinders above the cap limit
21 Sep 2012
The government has decided to forgo customs and excise duties on LPG for cylinders that consumers buy above the 6-cylinder-a-year cap
Despite diesel price hike oil firms to lose Rs1,78,491 crore
21 Sep 2012
The three state-owned oil marketing companies are expected to incur staggering Rs1,78,491 crore loss of revenue by the end of the fiscal year by selling diesel and cooking gas below cost
Cap on subsidised LPG may be rolled back
17 Sep 2012
Britain to probe petroleum price rigging
15 Sep 2012
British MPs have sought action against speculators for rigging petroleum product prices after a whistleblower detailed how price rigging takes place
Diesel to cost Rs5 more; LPG restricted to 6 cylinders a year
13 Sep 2012
Branded diesel as also LPG over and above the 6-cylinder-a-year cap will be sold at market rates, which will be decided by the oil companies
South Africa lifts fracking ban in Karoo region
08 Sep 2012
ONGC Videsh buys Hess’s stake in Azerbaijan’s ACG fields for $1 billion
08 Sep 2012
The Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli oil field, which is currently at the execution stage, has a 30-year production sharing agreement with expected extraction of 1 million barrels of oil per day
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