Directorate General of Hydrocarbon (DGH) opined that recovery of cost incurred by companies on exploration activity in the producing oil and gas fields must be allowed only under certain conditions. The upstream oil regulator recommended that the exploration firm must submit a feasible investment plan for producing from the discovery in order to be eligible for cost recovery
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Govt may ask existing contractors to explore shale gas
The government would unveil shale gas policy in the next few weeks, Union Petroleum Minister Veerappa Moily informed. According to Petroleum Secretary Vivek Rae, the government may ask contractors of the existing 254 blocks, awarded under various licensing rounds, to consider shale gas exploration
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GAIL aims transmission of 110 mmscmd of gas in FY14
According to a company statement, state-owned gas utility GAIL India agreed to aim transmission of 110 million standard cubic meter per day of natural gas through its pipeline network in 2013-14. The company aims to sell 84.05 mmscmd of gas during the year, according to the performance memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed by the company with the government
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ONGC’s contractors to get international price
Reports indicate that the state-run explorer ONGC would pay international price for crude oil produced from its marginal fields to the service contractors. ONGC, which holds about 165 marginal fields (offshore and onshore), enters into service contracts with companies having expertise in developing these fields through a bidding process
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ONGC’s contractors to get international price
Reports indicate that the state-run explorer ONGC would pay international price for crude oil produced from its marginal fields to the service contractors. ONGC, which holds about 165 marginal fields (offshore and onshore), enters into service contracts with companies having expertise in developing these fields through a bidding process
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Gas price pooling may benefit power plants
According to industry sources, the cost of electricity would be less than Rs 6 a kWh if the price of imported natural gas is pooled with that of the domestic one. Further, gas price pooling would enable power companies to run their units at 50 per cent plant load factor, sources informed. Sources feel that the gas price pooling mechanism for power sector, if implemented, would result in a price of les
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Govt may spare LPG from export-parity pricing
Media reports indicate that the government may spare domestic cooking gas from the trade-parity pricing methodology that it proposes to adopt for calculating under-recoveries on fuel products. Thus, the government would calculate under-recoveries incurred by state-run oil marketing companies (OMCs) based on export parity price for diese
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OIL, IOT agree to collaborate on oil and gas distribution
Oil India (OIL) agreed to explore the development of city or natural gas distribution network in India and overseas in partnership with IOT Infrastructure & Energy Services. Both the firms signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in this regard recently. The MoU is for the EPC (Engineering-Procurement-Construction) jobs related to the distribution network of gas
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RIL to drill probe well in KG D6
Niko Resources informed that its partner Reliance Industries (RIL) has spud its first exploration well in more than five years on the flagging natural gas fields in KG-D6 block. Niko is the minority partner of RIL in the Krishna Godavari basin block. RIL has spud the MJ-1 exploration well on the Dhirubhai-1 and 3 gas fields in the KG-DWN-98/3 or KG-D6 block in its efforts to explore new reserves to supplement falling
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Cairn India shows interest in downstream sector
Cairn India has shown interest to be a part of a joint venture GAIL India and Rajasthan State Petroleum Corp (RSPCL) for supply of natural gas in Rajasthan. With this, the Anil Agarwal-led Cairn India plans to enter into the downstream sector, which refers to the refining of petroleum crude oil and the processing and purifying of raw natural gas, as well as the marketing and d