GAIL India and Paradip Port Trust may soon sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to set up an LNG terminal, most probably offshore at the port. GAIL (India), the largest state-owned gas processing and distribution company, proposes to set up an LNG terminal, most probably offshore, at the port.
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Net profit of GAIL declines on lower gas volume
Net profit of GAIL India declined 28.7 per cent to Rs 808 crore during April-June quarter from Rs 1,134 crore in the year-ago period. The country's largest gas transmission and marketing company witnessed 16 per cent growth in sales to Rs 12,856 crore during the quarter. The state-run utility witnessed fall in net profit as it transported less gas and its LPG margins declined on dryin
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BMTC to run fleet on CNG once GAIL project takes off
Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) would be able to run its fleet on CNG (compressed natural gas) once GAIL India sets up filling stations in the city. GAIL India, along with Karnataka government is in the process of setting up 25 CNG filling stations across Bangalore city to supply gas to BMTC. To undertake distribution of clean natural fuel for transport and other sec
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GAIL to await govt decision on pipeline project
BC Tripathi, Chairman of GAIL (India) said the firm would wait one month for the Tamil Nadu government to take a decision on the company's natural gas pipeline project which passes through the state. GAIL is implementing an ambitous Kochi-Koottanad-Bangalore-Mangalore natural gas pipeline project and it passes through seven districts in Tamil Nadu — Coimbatore, Tirupur, Erode, Namakkal, Sale
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GAIL wants Petronet to renegotiate price of Aussie gas
GAIL India wants Petronet LNG to renegotiate the pricing agreement it signed for importing LNG from Australia's Gorgon project. Petronet LNG signed the agreement in August 2009
and under this, the company would import 1.44 million tonne per annum of liquefied natural gas (LNG) at a
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GAIL may drop TN pipeline project: Gail
GAIL (India) may abandon the Tamil Nadu portion of the Kochi-Koottanad-Bangalore-Mangalore natural gas pipeline project if no decisions are taken by the State Government within a month. Gail Chairman BC Tripathi said that the matter was discussed at the Board meeting. We will wait for one more month and then the Board will take a call on abandoning the project said Tripathi.
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Gorgon gas import price is too high: Gail
India's biggest gas marketer Gail India said the long-term gas import contract with Australia's Gorgon project for about $15.67 per unit price is too high and does not reflect market reality, prompting the state firm to ask the importer, Petronet LNG (PLL), to renegotiate the contract. Gail's statement follows demands from some energy firms for import-parity price for domestically produced natural gas. These firms criticised the recently approved pricing formula propounded by the the Rangarajan
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GAIL may import LNG at a landed cost of $10.5 per unit
According to sources from union oil ministry, the landed cost of the liquefied natural gas (LNG) to be sourced by the state-owned gas utility GAIL India from the US would be around $10.5 per mmBtu, based on the current Henry Hub price. Gas at US Henry, LA is currently traded at around $3.78 er mmBtu. In December 2011, GAIL entered into a pact with Houston-based Cheniere's Sabine Pass LNG terminal in w
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Price of GAIL’s gas import to depend on Henry Hub
The price of the shale gas that would be imported by state-run gas transportation firm GAIL India from the US starting 2016-17 would depend on Henry Hub prices to which shale gas price is linked. This price may most probably be around $10-11/mmBtu, media reports indicate. It may be recalled that GAIL India entered into an agreement with Cheniere Energy Partners to import 3.5 million tonne per annum (mn tpa) of LNG from the US s
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Shipping Corp struggles to improve its financials
To improve its financial status, the Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) has signed several MoUs with its public sector undertaking peers such as Coal India, ONGC, SAIL and Gail India. SCI has been striving to take advantage of the pacts. For now, its financials continue to be under stress. SCI is yet to form joint ventures with Coal India and Oil and Natural Gas Corporation which could have provided the firm with assured cargo and revenues. SCI has not acquired vessels yet for operation as per