C Rangarajan headed panel, was tasked to suggest design of future contracts for exploration and production of oil and gas. Rangarajan is the Prime MinisterÂ’s Economic Advisory Council Chairman. The committee is believed to have suggested a complex pricing formula that will lead to near-doubling of the natural gas price to about $8 (Rs 439).
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Contract opportunities in OIL India
Oil India (OIL) is a premier state-run company under the administrative control of Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas in the central government. The company is engaged in the business of exploration, development and production of crude oil and natural gas, transportation of crude oil and production of LPG. For the quarter ending September 30, 2012, the company's net profit declined 16 per cent to Rs 954.57 crore from the year-ago period.
NRL plans to expand refining capacity
Numaligarh Refinery (NRL), a subsidiary of Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) plans to expand its refining capacity from 3.0 million metric tonne per annum (mn tpa) to 8-9 mn tpa at Golaghat in Assam. The company is also considering options of sourcing and transporting the additional crude oil through a pipeline.
ONGC develops 2 projects
Oil And Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) currently has two projects under development namely Carabobo 1, in Venezuela, which is likely to commence early production by end of 2012-13 and Blocks A1 & A3 in Myanmar, which are likely to commence production in July 2013.
ONGC develops 2 projects
Oil And Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) currently has two projects under development namely Carabobo 1, in Venezuela, which is likely to commence early production by end of 2012-13 and Blocks A1 & A3 in Myanmar, which are likely to commence production in July 2013.
Contracting opportunities for LPG
Market for Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) in India is divided into two parts - industrial & commercial LPG and subsidised domestic LPG. Industrial & Commercial LPG is a more competitive business segment thn the domestic LPG as it has competition between oil marketing companies (OMCs) and parallel marketing companies (PMC).
Contracting opportunities for LPG
Market for Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) in India is divided into two parts - industrial & commercial LPG and subsidised domestic LPG. Industrial & Commercial LPG is a more competitive business segment thn the domestic LPG as it has competition between oil marketing companies (OMCs) and parallel marketing companies (PMC).
Gas output may decline in FY13
A recent report from the oil ministry shows that India's natural gas production may decline to around 104 mmscmd in 2012-13 from 114.90 mmscmd in the previous fiscal. The report attributes the possible decline in gas output mainly to the fall in KG-D6 output to 23 mmscmd from over 30 mmscmd last year. The report also expects a sharp rise in imports of lique
BP, RIL start drilling well on satellite fields
As part of its plan to develop four satellite gas fields for $1.529 billion, UK-based energy major BP started drilling a well on the D-19 field, also called Satellite-1 field. The field is located around the now producing Dhirubhai-1 and 3 or D1&D3 fields in the Krishna Godavari basi
JHPL project to be synchronised with gas demand
Ministry of Petroleum & Natural gas or GAIL informed that the completion of Jagdishpur-Haldia Pipeline (JHPL) project would be synchronised with gas demand of the prospective customers and the availability of gas from the east coast. The gas sources considered for JHPL were D-6 gas through Kakinada – Haldia pipeline, ONGC Mahanadi and CBM from Shadol. This information was given by the Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilisers, Srikant Kumar Jena in a written reply

