The Group Gathering Station, Assam Renewal Project, of the public-sector Oil and Natural Gas Corporation in Assam was inaugurated by the Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas M Veerappa Moily on November 18. Hyderabad-based Megha Engineering & Infrastructure (MEIL) is the lead partner of the consortium which executed the project.
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Mahanagar Gas mulls Rs 1,000 cr IPO next year
Mahanagar Gas, which supplies natural gas to Mumbai, is mulling an initial public offer (IPO) worth around Rs 1,000 crore. For giving a mandate for the public offer, the company expects a valuation of over Rs 6,000 crore and is in talks with banks.
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GAIL’s Singapore arm to get 1 mt US LNG
GAIL (India) has allocated one million tonne a year of liquefied natural gas (LNG) sourced from the US to its subsidiary GAIL Global (Singapore) Pte in Singapore, which is a subsidiary of GAIL India in Singapore.
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First oil storage facility to be commissioned in Jan
The Union government is to commission one of its three proposed strategic oil storage facilities in Visakhapatnam next January. This is going to be the country's first such crude oil storage facility. The other two crude oil storage centres are being built at Mangalore and Padur in Karnataka.
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Guidelines soon to ports for pollution mitigation
The Union government will soon issue guidelines to streamline the process of collection of oil cess which can be then used to assist ports to equip themselves for pollution mitigation, said the Union Minister of Shipping GK Vasan. Steps are also being taken to delegate powers to State Authorities for registration, survey and certification of fishing vessels.
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No hurry to shut forex facility for oil firms: RBI
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will not hurriedly close a special window for oil marketing companies (OMCs) to buy dollars for crude oil imports, said the RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan on November 13. The RBI is striving bring stability in the currency market.
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Govt plans to sell stake in IOC, CIL by year-end
To raise about $2.3 billion to boost public finances, the Union government has revived plans to sell stakes in two State-owned companies-Indian Oil Corp (IOC) and the Coal India.
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SCI to sell supertanker to retain Navratna tag
To reverse its two straight full-year losses and retain its coveted navratna tag, government-owned Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) has put up one of its four oil supertankers for sale.
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Govt sanctions Rs 8,772 cr to its oil firms
The Union government has sanctioned Rs 8,772 crore cash subsidy to State-owned fuel retailers like Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) to cover for a fourth of the revenue they lost on selling diesel and cooking fuel below cost in September quarter.
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Iran offers discounts to India on oil
If India agrees to buy more of its oil Iran has offered discounts on crude oil price and free shipping as well. India has indicated that it may not meet the 11 million tonne oil import target from Iran this year and Tehran is attempting to induce New Delhi to lift more oil.