Media reports indicate that some state-run oil marketing companies (OMCs) agreed to sell aviation turbine fuel (ATF) to the loss-making Air India at a concessional rate at the behest of the government. It is learnt that Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) agreed to sell fuel to Air India at a discount of 8 per cent. Some reports indicate that Air India will be charged Rs 5,300 lowe
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RIL asked to clarify certain things in revised plan
Minister of State for Petroleum & Natural Gas Panabaaka Lakshmi informed Rajya Sabha that the government sought clarifications from Reliance Industries (RIL) on the revised field development plan (RFDP). It may be noted that the company submitted RFDP for D1 & D3 fields, the main gas producing fields in the eastern offshore KG-D6 block, with downward revision in reserves
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Private fuel retailers prefer export over local sales
Media reports indicate that private fuel retailers like Essar Oil, Reliance Industries (RIL) prefer to export diesel instead of selling them in the domestic market despite the government partially de-regulating the pricing regime. This is because these firms fear that the government may again impose price control on diesel during election perio
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Imperial to develop shale gas field with a partner
Imperial Energy, which identified the Bazhenov shale formation in its oil and gas block in the Tomsk region of Western Siberia, Russian Federation, plans to develop it with the help of a global energy company. The company, which was acquired by ONGC Videsh in 2009, plans to induct an equity partner to develop the area, which is said to have the worldÂ’s single biggest reser
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Oil secy urges officals to act fast on approvals
Following a grim assessment by the Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH), Union Petroleum Secretary Vivek Rae urged officials in his ministry to act fast on clearing oil and gas projects. It may be noted that the oil ministry's technical arm DGH said officials of the ministry are yet to clear 268 files relating to various projects for
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Centre discourages gas-based power projects
Government of Karnataka requested for allocation of gas for two new gas based power projects at Bidadi Combined Cycle Power Project (CCPP) 1,400 mw (2x700) and Tadadi CCPP 2,100 mw (3x700) proposed for 12th Plan. The application was received by the union power ministry on October 29, 2010. This information was given by the Minister of State for Power Jyotiraditya M Scindia in Lok S
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Officials to discuss gas pipeline project
The extension of Iran-Pakistan natural gas pipeline to India would be discussed by the officials of the Indian and the Iranian governments, media reports suggest. It may be noted that Iran laid 900 km of the 1,600-km pipeline on its soil and both Iranian and Pakistani firms have undertaken the construction of the remaining part in Pakistan
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DGH calls for review of DoC for RIL’s block
Media reports suggest that the Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH) asked the union oil ministry to convene a meeting of the Management Committee (MC) to review the Declaration of Commerciality (DoC) for D-35 block. The block, which is also named CY-DWN-2001/2 block, was discovered by Reliance Industries (RIL) in 2007
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Firms await outcome of EGoM meet on gas allocation
Industry players are awaiting the outcome of the impending meeting of the empowered group of ministers (EGoM) to discuss the allocation and pricing of natural gas. During the meeting, the ministerial panel would discuss two separate proposals, one for raising prices of gas produced by blocks auctioned under new exploration licensing policy (Nelp) and the other for allocation of gas prod
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Petronet may commission Kochi terminal by end March 2014
As many as three Re-gasified Liquefied Natural Gas (R-LNG) terminals exist now in the country while the fourth R-LNG terminal is under construction at Kochi (Kerala) by Petronet LNG (PLL). Giving this information in a written reply in the Lok Sabha recently, Panabaaka Lakshmi, Minister of State for Petroleum & Natural Gas informed that the Kochi RLNG terminal may be commissioned during 2013