Oil & gas
ONGC Videsh may end oil exploration in South China Sea
11 May 2012
While OVL said it is pulling out of Block 128 in Vietnamese waters due to “techno-commercial” considerations, it has not yet approached its partner PetroVietnam for permission to stop operations
DGH nixes two ‘significant’ gas finds by RIL
08 May 2012
Hillary Clinton to seek assurances on India cutting Iranian oil imports
07 May 2012
Among key issues that Clinton would discuss with external affairs minister, SM Krishna during their meeting in Delhi are civil nuclear cooperation, regional security and Iran
Argentina renationalizes YPF; appoints new CEO
07 May 2012
BG to sell Brazilian gas distribution business Comgas to Cosan for $1.8 bn
04 May 2012
Cosan SA Industria e Comercio, Brazil's largest and the world's fifth-largest producer of ethanol, will get access to 4,000 km of pipelines that deliver natural gas to over 500,000 customers in 57 cities
Ministry slaps Rs7,000-cr penalty on RIL over low D6 gas output
04 May 2012
The notice, served on Wednesday, effectively bars RIL from recovering investment of a total $1.235 billion, made in the field over the past two financial years, from sale of gas
TCS pips RIL to emerge India's most valued firm
02 May 2012
Argentine senate okays YPF nationalisation
30 Apr 2012
Cabinet clears Oman proposal for gas price hike
28 Apr 2012
Oil prices need to be `rationalised’, says PM
28 Apr 2012
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today stressed the need for rationalisation of fuel prices, confirming economists’ expectations of a partial decontrol of diesel, gas and kerosene
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India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
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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
