From a modest beginning, it is now a name to reckon with among ports in India. With a massive 48 per cent profit in Q1, a port and five terminals to operationalise in the next year, the company expects to continue doing well for a second consecutive quarter (ended September). Sumantra Das writes on the emergence of Essar Ports.
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GAIL signs US deal to source LNG
For bringing in close to six million tonne of LNG every year over a 20-year period beginning 2016-17, GAIL (India) has entered into a $60-billion (about Rs 3.80 lakh crore) deal with two US-based companies. GAIL is the first Asian company to buy LNG from the US.
Gas-based project in Orissa
Now decks have been cleared for establishment of a 423 MW gas-based power project in Orissa, at an investment of Rs 3,106 crore. JGreen Power has come forward with its proposal for the project
Rise in KG-D6 output expected
As Reliance Industries and its partner BP plc of the UK are working together, they may have been able to arrest the steep decline in output from their main gas field in the eastern offshore KG-D6 fields.
Oil firms to acquire foreign debt funds
To reduce pressure on the current account deficit (CAD), Centre has asked the state-owned power firms to utilise foreign debts to fund their foreign acquisitions completely.


