The natural gas pipeline laid between Dhabol in Maharashtra and Bangalore would be extended up to Mangalore via Chitradurga, Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas M Veerappa Moily said. The extension of the pipeline till Mangalore would enable the government to supply gas to domestic and commercial consumers in the coastal town. Moily said this while addressing a press
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Ministry receives request from GSPC on gas pricing
Reports indicate that the union petroleum ministry received a request from Gujarat State Petroleum Corp (GSPC) to allow the latter to price the natural gas from its Deen Dayal West (DDW) gas field in block KG-OSN-2001/3 on par with imported LNG. According to the request submitted recently, the Gujarat government-owned firm wants the oil ministry to allow it to price its 5.24 million standard cubic meter per d
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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
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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
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250 existing blocks said to have shale gas reserves
India is said to be having shale gas reserves in at least 250 existing oil and gas blocks. According to government estimates, a few basins in India together have a potential to produce 63 trillion cubic feet (TCF) of shale gas, while it has a total shale potential of close to 300 TCF. Experts say shale gas and oil reserves may be present in at least 11 more basins
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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
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Minister discusses plan to set up pipeline in Kazakhstan
External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid discussed a proposal of the country to build an oil pipeline in Kazakhstan during a meeting with Kazakh Foreign Minister Erlan Idrissov. According to media reports, the proposed pipeline may have to cover over 930 miles, making it longer than a long-planned pipeline from Turkmenistan
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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
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GAIL considers legal steps to carry out pipeline project
State-run gas transmission company GAIL is said to be exploring further legal options to clear hurdles in the implementation of a section of its pipeline project in Tamil Nadu. The company wanted to lay pipeline for a section of its Kochi-Bangalore high pressure LNG pipeline project under the farm lands in Tamil Nadu. However, Tamil Nadu government asked the firm to run the underground pipeline adjacent to highways rathe
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IOC’s Rs 98 cr project faces roadblock
Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) faces protest from local farmers for its 114-km oil pipeline project being undertaken at a cost of Rs 98 crore from its refinery located at Narimanam to Tiruchy storage point. The pipeline laying project faces protest from farmers of Kakka Kottur, Sorakkudi, Moongilkudi and Omankulam
villages in Tiruvarur district because they fear loss of livelihood owing