Net profit of Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) rose 14.53 per cent to Rs 14,513 crore during January-March 2013 compared to Rs 12,671 crore in the year-ago period. The rise in profit is attributed to the higher subsidy amount it received from the government for selling petroleum products below the market price
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Cairn India wants govt to remove discrimination
In a letter to the union oil ministry, P Elango, CEO of Cairn India asked the ministry to do away with the discrimination between NELP and pre-NELP blocks while giving the right of first refusal for shale gas exploration. It may be recalled that the draft policy for exploration of shale gas provides for giving operators of block awarded under New Exploration Policy (NELP) since 2000, the right of first refusal for exploiting the unco
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OVL restarts production from Sudan asset
Dinesh K Sarraf, Managing Director of ONGC Videsh (OVL) said the firm started producing crude oil from its oilfields in Sudan, which was halted 15 months ago owing to the partition of the African nation.
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Cairn India expects 215,000 bpd output from Rajasthan block
Cairn India aims to achieve a production level of 200,000-215,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd) during 2013-14 from its Rajasthan block compared to the present production level of 175,000 bpd. The Vedanta group firm has 26 discoveries in the block with an in-place reserve of around 7.3 billion barrels of oil equivalent. The main producing areas in the Rajasthan block are the Mangala, Bhagyam and Aishw
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Net profit of OVL rises 44% in FY13
Net profit of ONGC Videsh rose 44.4 per cent to Rs 3,929 crore during 2012-13 from Rs 2,721 crore in the earlier year owing to higher realisation from natural gas sales. The company currently has 32 projects in 16 countries, of which 11 are producing, five are under deve
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Investors take cue from US jobs data
Nymex crude oil futures was trading around $95.02 a barrel while Brent North Sea crude for July delivery was hovering around $103.63 in recent trading sessions. Traders reduced their long position in crude oil futures following weak unemployment data and housing data in the US. Recent data showed initial jobless claims, a sign of the pace
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Oil cos’ plea to abolish Shipping Min’s nod for crude import
To get more crude oil to India, oil companies want the Union government to allow them to import crude oil on what is called the cost, insurance and freight (cif) basis, without requiring any approval from the Shipping Ministry. The move is expected to eventually help more foreign flagged vessels to ship crude oil to India. Allowing crude imports on cif basis will transfer the power of how crude oil carriers are chosen to the selling party — that is, firms in other countries.
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ONGC adds reserves in FY13
State-run oil and gas explorer ONGC added initial-in-place reserves of 265.65 million tonne oil plus oil-equivalent gas during 2012-13. According to internal assessment, this would mean ultimate reserves of 84.84 million tonne of oil plus oil-equivalent gas. Currently, the firm produces 44-45 million tonne of oil plus oil-equivalent gas. The firm has much more oil, as well as oil-equivalent gas because of the discoveries mad
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Lack of infrastructure prevents IOC from investing in Canada
AMK Sinha, the director of planning and business development at Indian Oil Corp (IOC) informed reporters that lack of pipeline infrastructure in Canada is hindering the firm's investment plan in the country. Although the firm intends to invest in CanadaÂ’s energy sector to gain access to crude and natural gas exports, lack of infrastructure makes it very difficult, Sinh
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OMCs to benefit from diesel price hike: Moody’s
Moody's Investors Service pointed out that the recent Re 1 a litre hike in diesel price would reduce under-recoveries incurred by state-run oil marketing companies (OMCs) on sale of fuel at below-market rates. With this price hike, diesel prices rose a cumulative Rs 2.25 per litre since January, which translates into an Rs 18,000 crore decline in under-recoveries, the rese