The Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH) wrote to the home ministry that Reliance Industries (RIL) failed to perform its obligations in terms of international petroleum industry practices towards the Krishna Godavari gas block. DGH wrote this in a reply to the letter sent by the hom
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DGH updates home ministry on RIL
The Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH) wrote to the home ministry that Reliance Industries (RIL) failed to perform its obligations in terms of international petroleum industry practices towards the Krishna Godavari gas block. DGH wrote this in a reply to the letter sent by the hom
RIL may sell stake in hydrocarbon block
Directorate-General of Hydrocarbons (DGH) received a request from Reliance Industries (RIL) to allow it to transfer its equity in a hydrocarbon block offshore Gujarat-Saurashtra region to Hardy Oil & Gas. This shallow water block -GS-OSN-2000/1- was awarded to the consortium of RIL (90 per cent) and Hard
RIL may sell stake in hydrocarbon block
Directorate-General of Hydrocarbons (DGH) received a request from Reliance Industries (RIL) to allow it to transfer its equity in a hydrocarbon block offshore Gujarat-Saurashtra region to Hardy Oil & Gas. This shallow water block -GS-OSN-2000/1- was awarded to the consortium of RIL (90 per cent) and Hard
Nagaland calls bids for 11 blocks without centre’s nod
Sources from the Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH) indicate that the northeastern state of Nagaland invited "expressions of interest" from oil companies for 11 exploration blocks without the approval of the union oil ministry. According to the state government, the central government informed in the Lok Sabha on March 10, 2011
BP, RIL start drilling well on satellite fields
As part of its plan to develop four satellite gas fields for $1.529 billion, UK-based energy major BP started drilling a well on the D-19 field, also called Satellite-1 field. The field is located around the now producing Dhirubhai-1 and 3 or D1&D3 fields in the Krishna Godavari basi
DGH insists on separate testing at discoveries
Reports suggest that two months ago Reliance Industries (RIL) and its partner BP proposed to do a single Drill-Stem Test (DST) on their three finds -D-29, 30 and 31 at KG basin- to establish them as commercially viable finds. However, it is learnt that the Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH) rejected the proposal as it feels that
Study to streamline upstream regulatory system
In order to revamp the regulatory system of the country’s upstream oil companies, the government plans to commission a study of 10 upstream regulatory agencies from various countries in different continents and suggest steps to design the most suitable for India.
Regulator for oil and gas fields proposed
A Group of Ministers (GoM) on corruption has asked the government to create an independent regulator for oil and gas fields. The GoM has proposed that the new regulator should take over critical functions of the Directorate General of Hydrocarbons(DGH),which reports to the Oil Ministry and is its technical arm for issues involving oil and gas exploration and production contracts.
DGH to be more transparent
The Oil Ministry has decided to implement recommendations of an expert panel in the Directorate General of Hydrocarbon (DGH) and make the Directorate's functioning more transparent.

