Media reports indicate that the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) would study the impact of the recent hike in the price of natural gas on the financial position of Reliance Industries (RIL). For natural gas sourced from RIL's KG D6 basin, the hike in the price would be effective from April 2014, when the contractual price agreement between the firm and the government expires
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RIL relinquishes 2 gas fields at KG Basin
Owing to non-lucrative natural gas prices, Reliance Industries (RIL) relinquished two natural gas fields at the KG Basin, media reports indicate. After RIL discovered gas in the two blocks, it took them to the Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH) to declare them commercially viable — declaration of commerciality, in jargon
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Power plants to get RIL’s gas under swap deal
Under a so-called gas swapping arrangement, Hyderabad-based Bhagaynagar Gas (BGL) and power plants in Andhra Pradesh would get natural gas from Reliance Industries' KG-D6 fields. The gas would be supplied to BGL and power plants in Andhra Pradesh by diverting a part of gas allocated to Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers (RCF) from RIL's fields
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Govt subsidy may rise under pricing formula of panel
According to some estimate, government will have to bear an additional subsidy burden of Rs 28,800 crore if it implements the Rangarajan committee formula for pricing natural gas. The committee, set up under Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council Chairman Rangarajan, suggested a price formula which is the mean of the prod
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Panel suggests annual revision of gas price
A committee headed by C Rangarajan, Chairman of the Prime MinisterÂ’s Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC), suggested an annual revision in the price of natural gas produced in the country. The revision should be based on monthly moving average of net back price for producers of Indian LNG and the other volume weighted price of USÂ’s Henry Hub, UKÂ’s
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RIL bats for linking gas price to market
In order to encourage firms to produce natural gas from technologically challenging ultra deepsea, Reliance Industries (RIL) requested a committee headed by C Rangarajan to propose market-linked pricing.C Rangarajan, who is the Chairman of Prime Ministers' Economic Advisory Council, is heading a committee that is formed to examine terms of future contracts for explo
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CAG warns ministry against clearing RIL plan
In a letter to the union petroleum ministry, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) warned that any increase in capital expenditure by Reliance Industries (RIL) in its KG-D6 basin may have significant adverse impact on government's financial interests. Therefore, the CAG advised the ministry not to permit any investment plan by the company in the gas field unless RIL allows CAG unfettered access to audit its spen
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CAG insists on its right to vet contractors’ documents
Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has asked oil ministry to ‘specifically incorporate’ its right to audit contractor(s) relevant documents of contractors in the future production sharing contracts (PSC).In a letter to Petroleum Secretary, the CAG’s Director General (Commercial) II, P Sesh Kumar said the government auditor must have access to the books, accounts, records, documents and financial statements of co
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Power plants may get KG D6 gas in rotation
Union Petroleum Ministry decided to allocate the scarce natural gas produced from the Reliance Industries' KG-D6 field on a rotation basis to power plant
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Minister hopes RIL would comply with audit
Union Petroleum Minister M Veerappa Moily expressed hope that Reliance Industries (RIL) would comply with the audit by Comptroller & Auditor General (CAG