Public sector firm Gail wants to strengthen its liquefied natural gas (LNG) trading business as it may reduce the dependence of the company's earnings on the uncertain transmission segment. BC Tripathi, Chairman and Managing Director of the company said this in an analyst call. The trading segment of the company involves import of LNG cargoes into the country and then selling them in the spot
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GAIL’s Kochi LNG terminal by July
GAIL India plans to commission its Kochi liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in July. Initially, the terminal was about 2.5 million tonne (mt) capacity and the pipelines were to be laid within Kerala only,
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GAIL India to operate LNG carriers
GAIL (India) plans to have seven or eight liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the next three to four years on a long-term charter or ownership basis in order to ferry the fuel to India from abroad. From 2017, the company plans to enter the LNG shipping business as it would enable the firm transport the fuel it agreed to buy from the USA
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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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GAIL studies impact of tariff order
GAIL India is studying the impact of the recent tariff order by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) on its financial position. Some reports indicate that the May 10 order of PNGRB may cause Rs 500 crore loss for the company. In its order, the downstream regulator retrospectively reduced the tariff charged by GAIL for its Krishna Goda
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Kerala govt wants centre to introduce CGD in Kochi
Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy asked the union petroleum ministry to fast-track the implementation of the City Gas Distribution (CGD) project in Kochi. Recently, Chandy asked the union oil Minister Veerapa Moily to take proactive steps to realise the CGD project. In the letter, Chandy ensured his government’s “support including single window clearance for the realisation of the projec
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Petronet may commission Kochi terminal by end March 2014
As many as three Re-gasified Liquefied Natural Gas (R-LNG) terminals exist now in the country while the fourth R-LNG terminal is under construction at Kochi (Kerala) by Petronet LNG (PLL). Giving this information in a written reply in the Lok Sabha recently, Panabaaka Lakshmi, Minister of State for Petroleum & Natural Gas informed that the Kochi RLNG terminal may be commissioned during 2013
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Govt yet to decide on GAIL’s plan to buy more stake in Petronet
Union Petroleum Secretary Vivek Rae informed reporters that the government was yet to take a decision on whether to allow GAIL India to raise its shareholding in Petronet LNG. GAIL India, which holds 12.5 per cent stake in Petronet LNG, has shown keen interest in buying an additi
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GAIL aims transmission of 110 mmscmd of gas in FY14
According to a company statement, state-owned gas utility GAIL India agreed to aim transmission of 110 million standard cubic meter per day of natural gas through its pipeline network in 2013-14. The company aims to sell 84.05 mmscmd of gas during the year, according to the performance memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed by the company with the government
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Cairn India shows interest in downstream sector
Cairn India has shown interest to be a part of a joint venture GAIL India and Rajasthan State Petroleum Corp (RSPCL) for supply of natural gas in Rajasthan. With this, the Anil Agarwal-led Cairn India plans to enter into the downstream sector, which refers to the refining of petroleum crude oil and the processing and purifying of raw natural gas, as well as the marketing and d