Reports indicate that investors have doubts on the exit production (production at the end of the fiscal) forecast of Cairn India for 2013-14. The Anil Agarwal-promoted firm expects its exit production for March 2014 to be in the range of 210-215 kilo barrel per
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Supply may outstrip demand in medium term
Media reports indicate that although the global demand and supply for crude oil and natural gas is in balance, in the medium term supply may outstrip demand. In the short-run, higher production from shale in North America is being offset by substantial outages elsewhere, principally as a result of sanctions on
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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
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Minister wants India to attain self-sufficiency in fuel by 2030
Union Petroleum Minister Veerappa Moily informed that his vision is to make India self-sufficient in the consumption of petroleum products by 2030. He said there is a need to have patience to research the country's oil reserves. He said this to reporters after laying foundation stone for the transport hub of HPCL in Mangalore. The transport hub facility by HPCL in Mangalore is spread
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OVL to resume production from South Sudan asset
Reports indicate that Oil and Natural Gas Corp. (ONGC), the overseas unit of state-owned, decided to start production from its oil field in south Sudan hoping that the issue of transit fee for may be resolved amicably. Daniel Peter Othol, South SudanÂ’s ambassador to India mentioned that crude oil would flow by the end of this
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Govt may complete work on Permude cavern by year end
Government has completed 95 per cent work on the Permude underground rock caverns for crude oil with a storage capacity of 2.5 million metric tonne of crude oil, media reports indicate. The project was originally slated for completion in September last year, but it is expected to be completed by the end of 2013. From May, government would begin work on laying a 12-km pipeline from Thokur to Perm
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Oil import from Iran set to fall further in FY13
Media reports indicate that India's crude oil import from Iran may fall from 18.1 million tonne (mn t) in 2011-12 to about 13 mn t in 2012-13 because of sanction imposed by Western countries on the gulf nation. During the April-December 2012, Iran, which was IndiaÂ’s second biggest supplier of crude oil after Saudi Arabia in 2010-11, supplied
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Court directs OMCs not to open new outlets
Karnataka high court directed all state-run oil marketing companies (OMCs) not to open new retail outlets till it completes the heading of a petition filed by an dealers association. The Karnataka State Petroleum Dealers Welfare Association filed a petition with the court after OMCs kept
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IEA expects muted demand for crude oil
According to International Energy Agency (IEA), demand for oil across the globe would remain muted because of worsening Chinese business sentiment, a slowdown in European economies and the impact of budget cuts by the US government. In its monthly oil market report, the agency said the above factors seem to delay further an elusive turnaround in global economic, and in turn oil demand,
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Oil firms term pricing formula of Rangarajan panel as “defective”
Oil and gas exploration companies submitted their views on the recommendations of the C Rangarajan committee on natural gas pricing to union petroleum ministry. The companies argue that linking the price of domestic natural gas to that prevalent in gas-surplus economies is defective