Oil & gas
Oil prices at new low amid market uncertainty
20 Jun 2012
ONGC, CNPC to jointly bid for overseas energy assets
20 Jun 2012
According to the Paris-based International Energy Agency, India's energy consumption is likely to more than double by 2030 to 833 million tons of oil equivalent
Chevron inks additional LNG supply deal with Japan's TEPCO
19 Jun 2012
Tokyo-based TEPCO will acquire a 10-per cent stake in Chevron's Wheatstone field licences and an 8 per cent stake in Wheatstone natural gas processing facilities
High oil prices holding up global economic growth: Reddy
13 Jun 2012
India’s annual oil import bill jumped to $140 billion from $100 billion over the last two financial years, which pushed down the country’s growth rate to 6.9 per cent from over 8 per cent in the previous financial year
Shell scraps controversial biofuels plan after Brazilian Indians protest
13 Jun 2012
Raizen, a joint venture between Shell and Brazilian ethanol giant Cosan grows some of its sugarcane on land claimed by the Guarani tribe, one of the most persecuted and impoverished in South America
Opec to meet this week to review output levels
11 Jun 2012
Chesapeake Energy in talks to sell pipeline assets to GIP for over $4 bn: report
07 Jun 2012
Chesapeake, which is facing a cash shortfall of several billion dollars due to low gas prices, has curtailed its drilling in some fields
Oil prices rise sharply
07 Jun 2012
Essar Oil’s optimisation project takes refining capacity at Vadinar to 20 million tonnes
05 Jun 2012
ONGC eyes Canadian oil sand assets of ConocoPhillips: report
05 Jun 2012
Oil and Natural Gas Corp is considering to bid for part of ConocoPhillips' Canadian oil sand assets worth around $5 billion
Oil slumps to fresh lows below $82 in Asia
04 Jun 2012
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