Union Petroleum Minister M Veerappa Moily expressed hope that Reliance Industries (RIL) would comply with the audit by Comptroller & Auditor General (CAG
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Ministry to protect govt interest in RIL issue
Union petroleum ministry said it would continue to protect the government's interest in all force in the matt
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Essar Oil to acquire more land for CBM project
Essar Oil plans to acquire around 1,000 acre land to drill 500 wells for the Rs 3,000-crore coal-bed methane (CBM) project at the Ranigunj block, according to a top official.
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Cairn India to raise output from Barmer fields
Cairn India is working on raising crude oil production from its Barmer fields in Rajasthan. The company’s production from Rajasthan has reached 175,000 barrels a day and the
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Tax money and high-risk prospecting
Without investment in exploration leading to discovery of mineral deposits, no investment would be forthcoming in mining, India is a densely populated country with an ancient heritage of mining and metallurgy.
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$75 bn investment in oil & gas sector in 2012-17
India expects Rs 3.90 trillion ($75 billion) to be invested in its oil and gas sector from April 2012 to March 2017. The development plan incluÂdes exploration, production, reÂfining, marketing, storage,
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India to bid for shale gas exploration
In order to meet the growing energy needs, India will lauÂnch its maiden bid round for exploration of shale gas during the 12th Plan period (2012-17). As per the available data, six basins - Cambay (in Gujarat), Assam-Arakan (in the North-East)
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Treading the slippery path
Efficiency enhancement through pricing and non-pricing methods is the need of the hour in meeting our energy adequacy. With India's energy efficiency estimated to be the fifth lowest in the world, there is a tremÂendous scope to improve efficiency. DependÂence on oil imports is expected to rise.
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India, Vietnam sign pact on oil & gas cooperation
ONGC Videsh (OVL), and the Vietnam oil and gas group PetroVietnam (PV) have signÂed an agreement on cooperation in the field of oil and gas. The framework agreement was signed in the presence of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang, who was on a visit to India.
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Mining: Go mega for energy security and better infra
A shortfall in coal supply can badly affect the power production of the country as over 70 per cent of total power produced in India is from coal-based projects.