During the middle of January, government plans to launch the divestment of its 10 per cent stake in Oil India. The government plans to mop up around Rs 2,700 crore by offloading its 10 per cent stake in the firm at the p
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Coal Seam Gas Production Balloons in Asia
Unconventional gas is becoming increasingly popular across the Asia-Pacific, as demand for natural gas grows throughout the regionÂ’s major industrialised nations, states a new report from business intelligence experts GlobalData. The new report* looks at Coal Bed Methane (CBM), otherwise known as Coal Seam Gas (CSG), which has similar properties to natural gas, is extracted from coal seams and represents an important unconventional source of gas.
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Brokerage expects mixed profitability of oil and gas firms
In its recent report on earnings of oil and gas sector, Angel Broking said it expected mixed profitability performance of the companies in this sector during Oct-Dec 2012 quarter. The brokerage expects the top-line of Reliance Industries (RIL) to rise 5.7 percent yoy on account of higher prices of petrochemicals. However, its operating profi
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Brokerage expects mixed profitability of oil and gas firms
In its recent report on earnings of oil and gas sector, Angel Broking said it expected mixed profitability performance of the companies in this sector during Oct-Dec 2012 quarter. The brokerage expects the top-line of Reliance Industries (RIL) to rise 5.7 percent yoy on account of higher prices of petrochemicals. However, its operating profi
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Proposal to hike diesel prices awaits ministry nod
Oil Minister Veerappa Moily informed reporters that his ministry was yet to process and finalise its view on a proposal to raise fuel prices, on the lines of the recommendation of Kelkar committee. Raising diesel prices is essential in order to reduce the under-recovery of the three public sector oil mark
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Proposal to hike diesel prices awaits ministry nod
Oil Minister Veerappa Moily informed reporters that his ministry was yet to process and finalise its view on a proposal to raise fuel prices, on the lines of the recommendation of Kelkar committee. Raising diesel prices is essential in order to reduce the under-recovery of the three public sector oil mark
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Norms for LNG terminals
In order to encourage the setting up of LNG terminals in the country, the petroleum ministry framed rules on eligibility conditions for registration of liquefied natural gas terminals (LNG).
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Petronet works on Rs 45 bn terminal project
Petronet LNG is working on a Rs 4,500 crore land-based LNG terminal project with facilities for receiving, storage and regasification of LNG at Gangavaram in Visakhapatnam district in collaboration with the Gangavaram port. However, the initiative faces some headwinds as the l
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IOC takes steps to weed out illegal customers
Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) is taking some stringent measures to weed out illegal customers of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) or cooking gas in Gujarat. As part of these measures, the state-run oil marketing firm decided to block 4.7 lakh LPG consumer connections in the state for two reasons
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Petronet LNG looks out for LNG customers
Petronet LNG is looking out for customers for the liquefied natural gas (LNG) that it would be importing from the newly set up LNG terminal at Puthuvype in Kerala. So far, the company managed to get only one customer - the BPCL Kochi Refinery- for the LNG. The refine