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EGoM to meet soon to discuss panel recommendation
The Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) which is looking into the issue of natural gas pricing and allocation may meet soon to consider the recommendation of Rangarajan Committee on the issue. It may be noted that the finance, power and fertiliser ministries as well as gas producers are opposed to th
RIL may invest Rs 1.5 trillion in core businesses
Media reports indicate that the various businesses of Reliance Industries (RIL) may get Rs 179,000 crore investment in the next five years. Of the total amount, the firm may invest about Rs 151,000 crore towards core oil, gas, refining and petrochemical sectors in the next five years; the rest would go towards the t
RIL’s US shale assets produce 11 mmscmd gas
Reliance Industries (RIL) produces 11 million standard cubic metre per day (mmscmd) of natural gas from its shale gas operations in the United States. This is higher than the company's share of 9.6 mmscmd gas from its Krishna Godavari basin (KG D6) in the Bay of Bengal. While gas output from KG Basin is a littl
RIL submits proposal to relinquish low prospectivity area
Reliance Industries (RIL) has submitted to the government a proposal to relinquish low prospectivity area in its eastern offshore KG-D6 block, the company informed this in an investor presentation. Out of a total of 7,645 sq km in KG-DWN-98/3 or KG-D6 block, only 3,412 square kilometer of area will be retained, the firm
RIL finds another reservoir below KG-D6 basin
In a development that may increase output from Reliance Industries' (RIL) KG D6 basin, the company said it discovered another reservoir of natural gas below its existing fields in the basin. Although the company could not ascertain the potential output at the reservoir as it is still drilling in the region, some reports indicate that the new reserve could
CAG team resumes audit of RIL’s KG-D6 operation
Following assurance from the union petroleum ministry, the officials of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) resumed audit of the KG-D6 gas field operated by Reliance Industries (RIL). Recently, the team of CAG arrived at the Mumbai officie of RIL for this purpose. The CAG received assurance from the oil ministry that the auditing team would have acce
Ministry wants panel to discuss gas supply to power plants
Union Power Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia asked AK Antony, Chairman of the Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) on 'Gas Pricing and Commercial Utilisation of Gas' to convene a meeting of the panel to restore natural gas supply to power plants. Scindia has called for the meeting as around 13 power plants with an aggregate electricity generation capacity of 5,200 megawatt are closed because of lack of g
Govt resolves issues with RIL on CAG audit
Union Petroleum Secretary Vivek Rae informed reporters that the government resolved the audit issue pertaining to the operation of Reliance Industries (RIL)in the Krishna Godavari (KG) D6 basin. Speaking at the sidelines of a CII Annual General Meeting (AGM), Rae said RIL agreed to a Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) audit on its operation in KG-D6 fi
India’s natural gas import may rise
Reports indicate that India's dependence on import for natural gas may increase in the coming years because of the dwindling output from the Reliance Industries' KG D6 basin. Output at the KG-D6 basin declined to an all-time low of 17.3 million standard cubic meters per day (mmscmd) recently. Of this, about 15.2 mmscmd was suppl