Exploration project at five oil and gas blocks, which where stuck as the defence ministry had objected to civilian activity, received approval from the Cabinet Committee on Investment (CCI) recently. Oil and gas exploration projects at several regions were affected by the objection of the defence establishment on concerns of security or proximity to sensitive locat
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EIA report says India is 4th largest energy consumer
In its latest report on energy outlook for India, the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) said India is the fourth largest energy consumer in the world after the United States, China, and Russia. But the per capita energy consumption of India remains lower than that of developed countries, says the repo
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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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India, Brazil to sign pact on cooperation in steel sector
The Minister of Steel, Beni Prasad Verma has said that a Letter of intent has been signed recently in February, 2013 between Ministry of Steel, Govt. of India and Ministry of Mines and Energy, Federative Republic of Brazil to promote and expand bilateral relations in mineral and steel sector. Next step is to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Government of Brazil and Gov
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Cairn India, ONGC to produce oil from Aishwariya field
Cairn India and ONGC, which is a 30 per cent joint venture partner in the former's Aishwariya oil field in Rajasthan, hope to close 2013-14 at a production rate of 200,000-215,000 barrels of oil a day from the field. Aishwariya is the third largest discovery in the Rajasthan block and can produce higher than the current production rate approved under the field development plan.
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OIL plans to spend large portion on exploration
Reports suggest that Oil India (OIL) plans to spend over 32 percent of the planned capital expenditure (capex) in the 12th Five Year plan period (2012-17) towards exploration which will enhance its current reserve base. According to analysts, the cost of production of the company for oil and gas is amongst the lowest in the world. This is mainly on account of the fact that most of the production for OIL is
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RIL eyes $4 billion Iraq oilfield project
India's ` (RIL) is in race along with French energy giant Total, Russia's Lukoil, CNPC of China, American's Brown Energy for a $4 billion project in Iraq. RIL is one of the seven companies shortlisted by Iraq for developing its al-Nassiriya oilfield and construction and operation of a 300,000 barrel per day refine
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Govt gets Rs 518 cr dividend from Oil India
For the financial year 2012-13, the central government received a dividend of Rs 518.65 crore from state-run exploration firm Oil India (OIL). Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas M Veerappa Moily received the cheque from SK Srivastava, Chairman and Managing Director of OIL towards interim dividend at 110 percent for the financial year, the company said in a state
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India estimated to have 1.6 tn cubic feet of shale gas reserves
According to an estimate by the US Geological Survey, India has 1.6 trillion cubic feet of technically recoverable shale gas in the provinces of Bombay, Cauvery and Krishna-Godavari. The gas is largely concentrated in six areas - Cambay (in Gujarat), Assam-Arakan (northeast), Gondawana (central), KG onshore (Andhra Pradesh), Cauvery onsh
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Govt clears exploration in some oil and gas blocks
At a recent meeting of the National Secretary Advisor Shivshankar Menon and Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Pulok Chatterji, it was decided to clear Reliance Industries' (RIL) producing KG-D6 block and gas discovery area NEC-26. The meeting, held on February 27, decided to clear fully the exploration and production at the blocks and also