Reliance Industries (RIL) raised $487 million through external commercial borrowings (ECB), the highest amount among 81 companies which went for ECBs in June. RIL borrowed the amount for a tenure of 13 years and five months for import of capital goods. Besides, RIL, Uttam Galva Steels borrowed $180 million, the second largest amount, for refinancing of rupe
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Brahmaputra Cracker incurs cost overrun on Assam project
Brahmaputra Cracker and Polymer incurred a cost overrun of more than Rs 3,400 crore on its Assam Gas Cracker Project (AGCP) because of inefficient pre-project planning, the government the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India said. The CAG said this in a report tabled in Parliament. Brahmaputra Cracker and Polymer is a joint venture between GAIL (India), Numaligarh Refinery, Oil India, and the
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House panel suggests cap on gas pricing
A Parliamentary committee suggested the government to impose a cap on natural gas price once it is linked to the formula proposed by the Rangarajan panel from April 2014. The Parliamentary committee suggested the cap in order to avoid the potential for unlimited gains to local producers owing to an upswing in
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CAG finds fault with ONGC’s hiring of rig
A report by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) found fault with ONGC for hiring a rig from Reliance Industries (RIL) in 2009 for six months at a cost of Rs 146.7 crore without bidding. While ONGC hired it in 2009 on grounds that it needed the equipment to drill three wells urgently, the CAG report suggests the rig was not necessary going by the
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State-run oil firms pay Rs 150 bn as subsidy for June quarter
The three state-run oil companies have paid Rs 15,000 crore as subsidy to public sector oil marketing companies (OMCs) for the Apr-Jun 2013 quarter. Of the Rs 15,000 crore, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) paid around Rs 12,300 crore, Oil India Rs 2,000 crore, and GAIL Rs 700 crore. It may be recalled that of the total under-recovery incurred by state-run OMCs, 40 percent is shared by the gov
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Govt must pursue investor friendly policies in oil and gas sector
Some analysts attribute the abandoning of 15 oil and gas blocks by BP and Reliance Industries (RIL) to unfriendly investor policy of the government. But BP termed the relinquishment of blocks as a routine "portfolio management" exercise. These 15 blocks are part of the 21 blocks for which BP struck a $7.2-billion deal. According to industry observers, the development does not augur well for the dom
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Govt conducts feasibility study for storage project
The Minister of State for Petroleum & Natural Gas Panabaaka Lakshmi informed the Rajya Sabha in a written reply that in order to further increase the Strategic crude oil storage capacity, the government, through Indian Strategic Petroleum reserves (ISPRL), has undertaken a detailed feasibility study for construction of additional 12.5 Million Metric Tonne (mn mt) of crude oil storages in Phase-II a
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IGL to provide PNG connection to Delhi
Indraprastha Gas (IGL) is committed to providing piped natural gas or PNG connections to all technically feasible areas of Delhi, Union Petroleum Minister Veerappa Moily informed members of Lok Sabha. Moily said this while replying to a specific query on Kapashera village of Delhi. He said IGL's pipeline network laying work was in progress near Samalkha crossing, two kilom
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MRPL to procure crude oil from ONGC
Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals (MRPL) would procure Rs 38,500 crore worth of crude oil from Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) for a five-year period, according to an agreement signed between the firms recently. MRPL is a subsidiary of ONGC. ONGC would supply Mumbai High crude from JNPT and offshore platform to MRPL. ONGC supplies about 11-12 per cent
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Natural gas price hike to make CNG, urea costly
CNG (compressed natural gas) price would rise Rs 8.2 to 11.72 per kg in Delhi and Mumbai once the revised natural gas price comes into effect from April 2014, Minister of state for petroleum Panabaaka Lakshmi informed Parliament. CNG costs Rs 41.90 per kg in Delhi, and Rs 35.95/kg in Mumbai. The CNG price would rise by this amount assuming that the city gas distribution entity is operating entirely on dom