Reports suggest that two months ago Reliance Industries (RIL) and its partner BP proposed to do a single Drill-Stem Test (DST) on their three finds -D-29, 30 and 31 at KG basin- to establish them as commercially viable finds. However, it is learnt that the Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH) rejected the proposal as it feels that
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RIL, BP secure oil supply tenders from Egypt
Reliance Industries (RIL) and its British partner BP secured large crude oil supply tenders from Egypt for 2013. Reports suggest that RIL secured the bulk (18 cargoes) on offer from EgyptÂ’s Ras Gharib terminal, winning around 1.5 million tonne of the heavy crude. BP managed to get 15 cargoes in 2013, amounting to 1.2 million
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RIL to conduct maintenance of Jamnagar unit
Reports indicate that Reliance Industries (RIL) planned to conduct maintenance operation at its newer 580,000 barrels-per-day (bpd) Jamnagar refining complex in January. Consequently, the company plans to close its crude distillation unit and a secondary unit temporarily. The company is planning to shut a 13.5 metric tonne per annum (270
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Eni waives pre-emption rights in favour of OVL
In a move that reduces the hurdle for ONGC Videsh's $5 billion bid to acquire ConocoPhillips' stake in Kashagan oilfield of Kazakhstan, one of the field operator Eni has publicly stated that it will not pre-empt or block the acquisition.
Italy's Eni is the operator of the first phase of the Kashagan oilfield that is due to start production in second quarter
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OVL plans to exit South China Sea block
According to source-based information, ONGC Videsh plans to exit the hydrocarbon block offered by Vietnam to it in the maritime region of South China Sea as it found that the bed of the block was very difficult. ONGC Videsh, the overseas arm of ONGC, feels that the cost of operating the block is higher than the benefits and so it is not conducting operation there. However, Viet
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Indonesian firm buys stake from RIL
PT Medco Energi Internasional of Indonesia bought the entire stake of Reliance Industries (RIL) in an exploration block in Yemen for about $90 million closing the deal which was announced in January. With this deal, Medco Energi will effectively have 21.25 percent participating interest (after taking into account a proportionate carried share of Yemen Oil and Gas Corp
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State-owned OMCs asked not to invest on petrol pumps
According to a government order, which was approved by the Oil Minister M Veerappa Moily, henceforth state-owned oil marketing companies (OMCs) will not invest in opening of new retail outlets and the investment is to be made by prospective dealers only. The order further states that the state-owned OMCs can set up petrol pumps only when the dealer is willing bear the Rs 1-1.5 crore cost of a
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Govt to make public bidding norms for CGD projects
S Krishnan, Chairman of Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) informed that the government would make public the fresh guidelines on bidding for the city gas distribution networks in the country for public feedback in 12 weeks. Krishnan informed this on the sidelines of a seminar on natural gas. He also said that the board would then issue the f
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Multiple pricing discourages private investment
Experts argue that the multiplicity of price points in the natural gas and petroleum sector in the country discouraged private investment.Multiplicity of price points has created market distortions in sectors such as city gas distribution, as it led to considerable differences in prices for end-consumers. There are multiple price points, depending on the source and
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Rise in world oil prices dents margin of OMCs
Owing to the recent rise in the international petrol price and depreciation of rupee, the marketing margin of Oil marketing companies (OMCs) on every litre of petrol declined considerably. During the second fortnight of November, the average international price rose to $118.64 a barrel from $113.74 a barrel in the first fortnight. The dollar-rupee exchange has