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
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Assocham wants govt to allow Railways to refine oil
In order to immunize the finances of Indian Railways from the diesel price hike, industry body Assocham asked government to allow the public sector undertaking to import and refine its own crude oil. By importing and refining crude oil by itself, the Indian Railways can avoid paying about 20-25 percent sales and other local taxes on diesel. The Railways, run as a
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Oil minister does not favour change in formula
Union Petroleum Minister M Veerappa Moily warned against the move by the Finance Ministry to change the subsidy calculation formula for state-run oil marketing companies (OMCs). The finance ministry has proposed to shift from trade parity pricing of petroleum products to export parity pricing (for the sake of computing under-recoveries
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Demand for oil may improve in 2013
Brokerage firm Nirmal Bang expects demand for crude oil to improve slightly in 2013 following lower growth in 2012 on account of muted economic recovery. Demand is expected to grow by 1 mpbd or 0.9 percent approximately on a year-on-year (y-o-y) basis in 2013 compared to a fall of 0.4 percent last year. Dem
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Revenue share contracts may raise risk for explorers
Deepak Mahurkar, leader, oil and gas, PricewaterhouseCoopers opined that a move towards revenue-sharing mechanism in exploration contracts exposes investors to more risks of investments, and that may dissuade large oil companies from India. It may be noted that the union Finance Minister P Chidambaram announced in his budget speech that a new
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ONGC yet to decide on selling stake in Cambay block
State-run explorer Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) is yet to decide on selling its stake in the Mehsana block in the eastern flank of the Cambay basin of Gujarat to its partner Essar Energy. It is learnt that Essar, which owns 70 per cent stake in the block, wants to take full control of it. The government is learnt to have awarded the block prior to the
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KPT takes efforts to diversify cargo mix at Haldia
Kolkata Port Trust (KPT) is making efforts to diversify HaldiaĂâs cargo mix and attract larger volumes of existing cargoes. The port trust intends to diversify the cargo at Haldia because the latter lost over 10 million tonne (mn t) of
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Realisation from crude oil may improve for Oil India
Goldman Sachs recently released outlook for the stocks of some of the companies in the oil and gas sector. The brokerage expects improved outlook for the scrip of Oil India owing to fuel price increases and potential gas price hike. Goldman Sachs expects Oil India's net crude realization to improve from $54 in current fiscal to $58.2 per barrel in 2014
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Realisation from crude oil may improve for Oil India
Goldman Sachs recently released outlook for the stocks of some of the companies in the oil and gas sector. The brokerage expects improved outlook for the scrip of Oil India owing to fuel price increases and potential gas price hike. Goldman Sachs expects Oil India's net crude realization to improve from $54 in current fiscal to $58.2 per barrel in 2014
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Global crude oil price may move in narrow range
Reports suggest that the global crude oil futures may trade in a narrow range as traders are cautious following the bleak outlook of the euro zone. Recently, the European Central Bank President Mario Draghi informed European lawmakers that the economic outlook for euro nations remained weak at the start of 2013 but the bank expects "a gradual recovery later this year