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
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.
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.
Essar Oilfields procures rigs for CBM wells
Essar Oilfields Services is in the process of procuring six on-shore drilling rigs for coal bed methane (CBM) at a cost of about $36 million. These rigs have greater mobility as required in CBM drilling,
GAIL’s Kochi LNG terminal by July
GAIL India plans to commission its Kochi liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in July. Initially, the terminal was about 2.5 million tonne (mt) capacity and the pipelines were to be laid within Kerala only,
Natural gas output declines
Production of natural gas from domestic assets declined to 118 million standard cubic metre per day (mmscmd) in 2012-13 from 130 mmscmd in the previous year.
IOC to invest Rs 110 bn
The capital expenditure of Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) is pegged at Rs 11,000 crore during 2013-14.
Aban Offshore to raise Rs4,500 cr
Offshore drilling and oil field service provider Aban Offshore is planning to raise more than Rs 4,500 crore through various market instruments to replace a portion of its expensive debt.
Best performer
Virendra Singh Jain has been appointed as an independent director of Essar Oil. With an experience of over three decades at the helm of public and private sector enterprises, including two Maha¡ratnas, his wide ranging experience and financial expertise

