Union Petroleum Secretary Vivek Rae said the country needs at least an additional 100,000 km length of gas pipeline network across the country. In order to lay this length of pipeline, the country needs
at least Rs 600,000 crore at the rate of Rs 6 crore per km in the next 15-20 years, he said while addressing a sem
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Gas pipeline infra requires Rs 6 tn investment
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Ministry receives request from GSPC on gas pricing
Reports indicate that the union petroleum ministry received a request from Gujarat State Petroleum Corp (GSPC) to allow the latter to price the natural gas from its Deen Dayal West (DDW) gas field in block KG-OSN-2001/3 on par with imported LNG. According to the request submitted recently, the Gujarat government-owned firm wants the oil ministry to allow it to price its 5.24 million standard cubic meter per d
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Ministry wants panel to discuss gas supply to power plants
Union Power Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia asked AK Antony, Chairman of the Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) on 'Gas Pricing and Commercial Utilisation of Gas' to convene a meeting of the panel to restore natural gas supply to power plants. Scindia has called for the meeting as around 13 power plants with an aggregate electricity generation capacity of 5,200 megawatt are closed because of lack of g
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State-run OMCs may get notice from CCI
Under section 3 of the Competition Act, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) is probing an allegation that state-run oil marketing companies (OMCs) are indulging in cartelisation on fuel pricing. According to some media reports, these state-run OMCs may get notice from the panel on the allegation. The Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board earlie
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CAG team resumes audit of RIL’s KG-D6 operation
Following assurance from the union petroleum ministry, the officials of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) resumed audit of the KG-D6 gas field operated by Reliance Industries (RIL). Recently, the team of CAG arrived at the Mumbai officie of RIL for this purpose. The CAG received assurance from the oil ministry that the auditing team would have acce
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Rajasthan govt studies proposed CGD venture
Rajasthan government is evaluating the proposal of Cairn India to partner with Rajasthan State Petroleum Corporation (RSPCL) and Gail to launch city gas distribution service in the state, reports indicate. The state government may take a final decision by this month-end, according to some media reports. The company could be a good fit as the original contours of the J
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Rajasthan govt studies proposed CGD venture
Rajasthan government is evaluating the proposal of Cairn India to partner with Rajasthan State Petroleum Corporation (RSPCL) and Gail to launch city gas distribution service in the state, reports indicate. The state government may take a final decision by this month-end, according to some media reports. The company could be a good fit as the original contours of the J
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Cairn India discovers oil in Rajasthan block
Cairn India discovered crude oil at its Rajasthan oil and gas field. This is the 26th oil discovery of the company in the block. The company discovered oil and tested for the first time in Dharvi Dungar sands in Raageshwari-Tukaram area, where previous discoveries were in the shallower Thumbli sands. According to technical evaluations, Dharvi Dungar formation may have about 10 metre of gross oil colu
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Essar Oil replacing rupee loans with cheaper foreign debt
Essar Oil is in the process of replacing its high-cost rupee loans equivalent to $2.27 billion with external commercial borrowings (ECBs), for which it has approval from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). As part of this process, the company replaced the corporate debt restructuring (CDR) loan facility with a new debt facility of about Rs 9,100 crore on commercial terms from similar group of
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Govt to clear hurdles in project implementation
The government would clear bottlenecks hindering implementation of over 340 projects, including 125 new projects, Panning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia informed. These projects are struck mainly because of lack of regulatory clearances, shortage of fuel, land acquisition problem etc. These issues need to be addressed at political levels, he said