Oil & gas
Shell to build world’s first oil sands carbon capture project in Canada
06 Sep 2012
Shell is planning the world’s first oil sands carbon capture and storage project in Canada
Prices of petrol, diesel and LPG to go up again
04 Sep 2012
With the finance ministry refusing to subsidise prices of petrol, diesel and LPG and crude ruling at $113 a barrel, oil marketing companies are left with no option other than raising retail prices
ONGC's $5-bn plan for ConocoPhillips' Canadian assets hits roadblock
04 Sep 2012
ONGC's investments in Iran and Sudan, against whom the US has imposed trade sanctions, is likely to hit its attempts to acquire oil sands assets in Canada
Diesel, LPG price hike nowhere in sight
31 Aug 2012
One-fifth of NELP blocks still lack clearances
30 Aug 2012
GAIL inks gas import pact with GDF Suez
28 Aug 2012
GAIL India has signed a contract with French energy giant GDF Suez to import 0.8 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from 2013 to 2014
Venezuelan oil refinery blast kills 39
27 Aug 2012
The Amuay refinery exports approximately 360,000 bpd of oil to the US, but the disaster is unlikely to have any dent on supplies as there are sufficient inventories of fuel at the refinery
Diesel subsidy to cost government over Rs1 lakh crore
25 Aug 2012
According to new data the government will lose over Rs1 lakh crore on diesel subsidies alone in the current fiscal, as the country's diesel consumption gallops and the fuel is sold at heavy discount to its cost
ONGC ropes in Mitsui for gas business
24 Aug 2012
Woodside shelves Pluto LNG expansion plan
23 Aug 2012
Another fuel price shock in the offing as OMC losses mount
16 Aug 2012
OMCs’ under-recovery on high-speed diesel has increased to Rs13.76 a litre for the second fortnight beginning 16 August 2012, from Rs12.06 a litre during the previous month
Reliance could emerge $100-bn company by fiscal 2017: Goldman
16 Aug 2012
Goldman Sachs says RIL should restrict its focus to core businesses, and return some of its surplus cash in the form of dividends or buybacks
Jet fuel prices raised by over 3.2 %
16 Aug 2012
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