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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Govt forms panel to decide on extension of lease
Press reports indicate that the union government formed an inter-departmental committee to extend petroleum leases in producing oil and gas blocks. Recently, the committee, chaired by oil ministry's additional secretary & financial adviser (AS&FA) SC Khuntia, held its first meeting. However, the committee did not discuss any particular case because of absence of a key member, repo
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RIL, BP chiefs meet PM to discuss investment plans
Reliance Industries (RIL) Chairman Mukesh Ambani and Bob Dudley, head of global energy firm BP met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and some government officials recently to discuss their investment plans. The two companies, that are jointly operating the KG D6 gas basin in Andhra Pradesh, asked government to clarify regulatory issues plaguing the oil and gas secto
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Allocatees must follow check list of Odisha govt
The steel & mines department of Odisha government cleared a checklist, which has to be observed by the allocatees of coal blocks in the state. According to the checklist, the allocatees must furnish status of their end-use plants linked to coal blocks. Companies whose coal blocks are at an advanced stages having either been granted prospecting licenses (PL) or mining leases (ML). These companies must com
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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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OVL buys Hess’ stake in oil field
ONGC Videsh acquired 2.72 percent stake in the Azeri, Chirag and Guneshli Fields and 2.36 percent stake in the associated BTC pipeline for $1 billion from Hess Corporation. Hess Corporation is a global independent energy company primarily engaged in the exploration and production of crude oil and natural gas
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Bidding for stake sale in Mozambique field closes
Reports indicate that the bidding for the stake sale of Videocon and the US-based Anadarko Petroleum in a Mozambique gas field was closed recently. Both the companies intend to sell 10 percent stake each in the gas field and several international firms are learnt to have shown interest in the stake
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Oil ministry takes efforts to ensure CAG’s audit
Union Petroleum Secretary Vivek Rae said his ministry was making all efforts to see that the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) is able to audit Reliance Industries' (RIL) spending on KG-D6 block. He said there have been some differences between CAG and RIL on the scope of audit but they are being resolved. He expressed hope that CAG would be able to resume audit by either month or early next
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ONGC to invest Rs 40.5 bn on 2 projects
At a recent board meeting, the state-run energy explorer ONGC decided to invest over Rs 4,050 crore to upgrade Western offshore facilities (on the Arabian Sea) through two major projects. The first project includes revamp of Unmanned Platforms Phase – II in Mumbai High and Neelam & Heera Asset. The total revamp job is expected to be completed by pre-monsoon 2016