Oil & gas
Reddy to be first oil minister to visit KG-D6 gas block
18 Feb 2012
Oil minister Jaipal Reddy will visit the Krishna-Godavari D6 gas block operated by RIL early next week to get a first-hand view of the reasons for the slump in production from India's biggest gas find, on which it has banked heavily for its fuel needs
KG-D6 gas output in deep slump, admits RIL
18 Feb 2012
Carl Icahn launches $2.6-bn bid for CVR Energy
17 Feb 2012
Icahn, the largest shareholder in CVR Energy with a 14.5-per cent stake, wants a change in the entire board of oil refiner and fertilizer maker CVR Energy
BP cuts book value of its RIL holding by over 10%
16 Feb 2012
BP's move follows hard on the heels of a top petroleum ministry official saying that Reliance’s Krishna-Godavari D6 offshore fields may see production drop to an all-time low of about 27 units day by April
RIL’s D6 gas output to slump further by April
15 Feb 2012
Chesapeake Energy announces $12-bn asset sale to reduce debt
14 Feb 2012
Chesapeake says its 2012 financial plan aims to fully cover planned capital spending for this year and provide additional liquidity for 2013
Iran firms in talks to import wheat from India
09 Feb 2012
While India sees an opportunity to barter its commodities for Iran's oil, payment problems remain
Russia pulls the plug on gas supplies to EU as temperatures plunge
04 Feb 2012
Russian natural-gas supplies to Europe were curtailed for a third straight day yesterday as particularly cold winter weather piled up pressure on Russia's domestic demand
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
