Government-owned oil marketing companies are likely to reduce imports of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) after the country's consumption slumped 3 per cent in November because of a recently-introduced cap on subsidised cooking gas cylinders, officials and industry executives said.
Author: admin (Infratructure Today)
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Gas output in KG-D6 declines further
IndiaÂ’s biggest gas producing fields in the Krishna Godavari basin (KG-D6), controlled by Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries (RIL) and UKÂ’s BP, has reached its lowest output levels since its inception.
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Govt’s regulation may push growth in oil & gas sector
The Union government shows signs of addressing the problems of petroleum sector. Investors, though selective, are turning bullish as the government appears to be moving towards market pricing of petro products, though total decontrol may be years away.
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Assam prohibits oil and gas workers’ strike
Upholding the public interest, the Assam government on December 21 prohibited strike by workers of the oil and gas sectors in the state.
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No tax sops for ONGC-owned Imperial Energy in Russia
Russia has rejected special tax concessions to Indian government-owned Oil & Natural Gas Corp's (ONGC) Siberia-focused firm Imperial Energy. India had been pressing for tax concessions to Imperial Energy to make up for the prohibitively high cost of extraction from tight oil assets in Siberia because of bad terrain, cold climate and killer taxes.
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Russian firm invites ONGC for joint role in Magadan blocks
Russia's Rosneft has invited the overseas investment arm of India's state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corp to jointly explore two blocks in the Sea of Okhotsk, Indian Oil Minister Veerappa Moily said last week.
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Govt to seek legal opinion on RIL, Cairn India pleas
The opinion of Solicitor General of India may sought by the Union Oil Ministry on whether Reliance Industries and Cairn India can be permitted to drill exploration wells in already producing oil and gas fields.
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Pricing, marketing policies hit gas sector growth: Report
The growth of India's natural gas sector has been constrained by curbs imposed by pricing and marketing policies of the government, a FICCI-PWC report said last week. The gas sector in India holds tremendous potential.
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Workers’ strike at major ports on Feb 20, 21
To protest against the 'anti-labour and anti-port policies' of the government, workers of major ports in India will strike work on February 20 and 21. SR Kulkarni, president, All India Port & Dock WorkersÂ’ Federation said that the present policy of the government enforced under the pretext of port reforms is nothing but intended to handover the existing ports into the hands of multinational companies.
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Vasan dedicates new dredger to DCI
According to a press release, DCI Dredge XIX, a trailer suction hopper dredger, has been inducted into the fleet of Dredging Corporation of India. Union Shipping Minister GK Vasan dedicated the dredger at a function in Ennore port.