In a letter to the union oil ministry, P Elango, CEO of Cairn India asked the ministry to do away with the discrimination between NELP and pre-NELP blocks while giving the right of first refusal for shale gas exploration. It may be recalled that the draft policy for exploration of shale gas provides for giving operators of block awarded under New Exploration Policy (NELP) since 2000, the right of first refusal for exploiting the unco
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Govt to auction blocks under NELP in FY14
Oil Minister M Veerappa Moily informed a panel that the government would auction exploration area of about 2.7 lakh sq km under New Exploration Licensing Policy (NELP) in 2013-14 once necessary approvals are in place. The minister informed this to the Parliamentary Consultative Committee in Mussoorie. He said the government initiated the process of inter-ministerial clearances for exploring the 2.7 lakh sq km area, which is id
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Govt must take into account key issues in shale gas
As the government is about to announce shale gas policy, experts highlighted some of the issues that must be considered while allowing exploration and production of the fuel. Shale gas and oil are produced from rock formations using "fracking" technology. This injects water and sand at high pressure into wells drilled horiz
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Demand for diesel grows more despite price rise
As per the data with the Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC) of the Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, consumption of diesel continues to grow at a faster pace than other petroleum products despite the regular hike in diesel prices. Diesel consumption grew by 4.2 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) in April to 6.2 million tonne.
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Clarity on lease tenure
Oil and gas exploration companies are seeking clarity from the government on the tenure of leases issued under the existing production-sharing contracts (PSCs). Following this, the government set up an inter-ministerial committee led by the Union oil ministry.
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ONGC mulls Rs 100 bn gas plant project
ONGC may invest nearly Rs 10,000 crore to set up an integrated gas processing plant with a capacity of 10 mmscmd in Maharashtra.
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Essar Oil to invest Rs 350 bn on refinery expansion
At an investment of about Rs 35,000 crore, Essar Oil plans to double the refining capacity of its Vadinar unit in Gujarat to 40 million tonne per annum in the next five years.
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New gas finds may raise output of RIL
Some analysts expect that the new gas finds of Reliance Industries (RIL) in the KG-D6 block may raise the production of natural gas from the asset. RIL has recently announced a major gas find more than 4 km below the sea bed and 2 km directly
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Demand for diesel grows
As per the data with the Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC) of the Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, consumption of diesel continues to grow at a faster pace than other petroleum products despite the regular hike in diesel prices.
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OVL restarts production from Sudan asset
Dinesh K Sarraf, Managing Director of ONGC Videsh (OVL) said the firm started producing crude oil from its oilfields in Sudan, which was halted 15 months ago owing to the partition of the African nation.