Great Eastern Energy Corp (GEECL) took objection to the government's move to bring all forms of natural gas under the pricing regime suggested by the Rangarajan committee formula and approved by the cabinet recently. This essentially means that the coal bed methane (CBM) gas produced from coal seams would also come under the pricing formula suggested by the Rangarajan com
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Kelkar panel may submit report by Sept
Kelkar committee is likely to submit its report
on the natural gas pricing formula to the government by September 2013, media reports indicate. Under the Chairmanship of Vijay Kelkar, a committee was formed by the union oil Minister Veerappa Moily in March 2013 to suggest steps for enhancing domestic oil and gas production. Later, its scope was expanded to sugg
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Ministry circulates note seeking hike in gas price
Union Petroleum ministry has circulated a note to the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) seeking hike in the price of natural gas produced by both private and state-run companies. The ministry's proposal, if accepted by the CCEA, may benefit firms like ONGC, OIL, Reliance Industries (RIL), Cairn India who are selling the fuel at a pre-determined price
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Oil ministry to send proposal on gas pricing to cabinet
Union petroleum Minister Veerappa Moily informed that he would send the final proposal on the pricing of natural gas to the cabinet committee on economic affairs (CCEA) soon. Industry players are keenly awaiting the government's decision on natural gas pricing as it would have a bearing on their financials. Natural gas producers like Reliance Industries (RIL) are seeking hike in the price of do
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Consumers prefer local gas due to high cost of imported gas
Even as several power and fertiliser plants are suffering from insufficient availability of natural gas, they are averse to buy imported gas because of its unacceptably high price. Natural gas-based power producers want a larger share of the domestically-produced cheaper gas, which is priced between $4.2 (RIL's D6 gas) and $5.73 per unit, which is far less than the price of imported gas in the s
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Pricing formula of Kelkar panel, Rangarajan panel may be similar
Media reports indicate that the Vijay Kelkar committee, appointed to suggest pricing of natural gas, may offer a band of prices besides the formula arrived the committee under C Rangarajan, the Chairman of the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council. Reports also suggest that the price band may not differ substantially from the basic formula arrived at by the
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Pricing formula of Kelkar panel, Rangarajan panel may be similar
Media reports indicate that the Vijay Kelkar committee, appointed to suggest pricing of natural gas, may offer a band of prices besides the formula arrived the committee under C Rangarajan, the Chairman of the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council. Reports also suggest that the price band may not differ substantially from the basic formula arrived at by the
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Govt departments divided on gas pricing formula
Different departments of the government has different view on the proposed pricing formula for domestically produced natural gas. Earlier, a panel led by C Rangarajan, the Chairman of the prime minister's economic advisory council, recommended that gas prices in India should be calculated on the basis of international benchmarks in Japa
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FAI opposes gas pricing formula of panel
Fertiliser Association of India (FAI) warned that the natural gas pricing formula suggested by the Rangarajan Committee, if implemented, would raise the price of urea considerably. At present there is a production of about 18 million tonne of urea using natural gas in the country. An increase of $1 per million BTU will increase the total cost of p
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FAI opposes gas pricing formula of panel
Fertiliser Association of India (FAI) warned that the natural gas pricing formula suggested by the Rangarajan Committee, if implemented, would raise the price of urea considerably. At present there is a production of about 18 million tonne of urea using natural gas in the country. An increase of $1 per million BTU will increase the total cost of p