Oil & gas
Kinder Morgan may acquire El Paso for $21.1 bn, create $94-bn business
17 Oct 2011
The deal would create the largest natural-gas pipeline network and the largest independent transporter of petroleum products in the US
Veiled Chinese threat to India over Vietnam oil deal
17 Oct 2011
The international diplomatic and business fraternity confirms that China consistently pressures foreign firms not to develop oil blocks in the sea in deals with Vietnam
LN Mittal-backed Ophir Energy to acquire Dominion Petro acquisition
17 Oct 2011
The acquisition will give Ophir the largest independent net deepwater acreage portfolio in the emerging and highly prospective hydrocarbon region of East Africa.
Oil prices dip on lower demand estimates
13 Oct 2011
OVL, PetroVietnam sign long-term O&G agreement
12 Oct 2011
Sinopec to buy Canadian oil, shale-gas explorer Daylight Energy for $2.1 bn
10 Oct 2011
In its largest acquisition till date, China Petrochemical Corp is acquiring Canadian oil and shale-gas explorer Daylight Energy Ltd for about $2.1 billion
Reliance threatens to stop gas supply to UP fertiliser units over sales tax row
05 Oct 2011
The UP government wants RIL to pay 21 per cent sales tax for gas sold to fertiliser units in UP, instead of the 2 per cent central sales tax charged at the point of sale in Andhra Pradesh.
Duke Energy's acquisition of Progress hits regulatoy roadblock
03 Oct 2011
Under the agreement, Duke Energy was to have acquired acquire Progress Energy for $13.7 billion in cash plus assume over $12 billion in debt
Cairn finds Lanka’s first natural gas prospects
03 Oct 2011
RIL may take over some of BP’s foreign assets: Dudley
29 Sep 2011
BP says it is looking at divesting some of its assets in Europe and North America to Reliance Industries Ltd as it seeks to deepen its partnership with RIL
BP chief Dudley, RIL’s Ambani to meet ministers
28 Sep 2011
India may opt for seabed pipeline for Iranian gas
26 Sep 2011
If India builds an under-sea gas pipeline to Oman, Iran can link it by building a similar pipeline in deep waters for exporting gas to India
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Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
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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
