On the backdrop of the depreciation of rupee against dollar, state-run oil marketing companies (OMCs) raised the price of petrol by a steep Rs 1.55 a litre, excluding local sales tax or VAT. According to the traditional price revision cycle, the change in the petrol price should be effective from July 16. But it was raised a day earlier. The hike, which is the fourth time in six weeks, comes as the falling value of rupee against the dollar incre
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GGL, VMC form JV for city gas distribution
GAIL Gas (GGL) and Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) formed a join venture company which aims to double the number of piped natural gas (PNG) connections in the city in four years. The civic body and the gas distribution firm finalised the joint venture agreement recently and signed a share
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India imports more crude oil from Nigeria
Over the last three months, India has been importing more crude oil from Nigeria than the United States, Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria Mahesh Sachdev informed. During a courtesy visit to the Governor of Niger state in northern Nigeria, he said India will continue to cooperate with Nigeria to improve its economy and it will also assist the country in capacity building of workers in both the publi
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Complaint against ONGC rejected by CCI
A complaint filed by an Assam-based civil and transport contractor alleging anti-competitive practices by Oil and Natural Gas Corporation of India (ONGC) was rejected by the Competition Commission of India (CCI). The CCI, in its order, said the complainant did not submit any evidence of bid rigging with respect to tenders floated by ONGC for hiring hydraulic cranes. The complaint pertains to ONGC notice, issued in December 2012, inviting bids under two bids system from
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Under-recovery set to rise to Rs 1.5 trillion
According to government sources, under-recovery on the sale of fuel products by state-run oil marketing companies (OMCs) at subsidised price may be around Rs 125,000 crore and Rs 150,000 crore in 2013-14. This estimate is sharply higher than the government's earlier estimate of Rs 80,000 crore because of a considerable depreciation of rupee and the marginal rise
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IMG to shortlist bankers to manage stake sale in IOC
The inter-ministerial group (IMG), headed by Disinvestment Secretary Ravi Mathur, would shortlist five merchant bankers for managing the 10 per cent government stake sale in Indian Oil Corporation (IOC). The five merchant bankers would be shortlisted from among 17 banks, who would make presentations to the IMG
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Govt sticks to formula rather than any fixed price
Even as the union cabinet recently approved the hike in domestic natural gas price to $8.4 million metric British thermal unit (mmbtu) from April 2014, the government does not stick to any fixed price, some media reports indicate. According to these reports, the government has left the market condition to fix the price based on the formula proposed by the Rangarajan committee
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Department suggests cap on gas pricing under new regime
The department of expenditure of the union finance ministry suggested the oil ministry to fix a ceiling price for domestic natural gas under the Rangarajan formula. On June 27, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs cleared the adoption of the Rangarajan pricing formula for domestic natural gas from April 2014. But while adopting this formula, the expenditure department suggested that gas producers should not be allow
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GAIL plant does not receive gas from KG-D6
Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) plants of GAIL has reportedly stopped receiving natural gas from Reliance Industries' KG-D6 block because of falling output in the area. Supply to the plant was stopped because gas output at KG-D6 declined to just over 14 mmscmd which is enough to met the requirement of fertiliser plants. Fertiliser plants are given top priority in gas supplies
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India to cooperate with Iraq on various sectors
At a bilateral meeting with the leaders of Iraqi government, Union oil Minister M Veerappa Moily offered the participation of Indian companies with expertise in areas such as refineries, petrochemicals and fertilisers in various projects in the gulf nation. He recently visited Iraq to attend the 17th meeting of the India-Iraq Joint
Commission. Moily stressed on the need to strengthen the relationship between the two countries given that Iraq is the s