Sudhir Vasudev, Chairman and Managing Director of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) informed that the firm plans to double the oil and gas production in India by 2030. Vasudev reasoned that investing in gas fields will benefit the entrepreneurs in view of the demand for gas in the country
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Govt may ask existing contractors to explore shale gas
The government would unveil shale gas policy in the next few weeks, Union Petroleum Minister Veerappa Moily informed. According to Petroleum Secretary Vivek Rae, the government may ask contractors of the existing 254 blocks, awarded under various licensing rounds, to consider shale gas exploration
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ONGC’s contractors to get international price
Reports indicate that the state-run explorer ONGC would pay international price for crude oil produced from its marginal fields to the service contractors. ONGC, which holds about 165 marginal fields (offshore and onshore), enters into service contracts with companies having expertise in developing these fields through a bidding process
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ONGC’s contractors to get international price
Reports indicate that the state-run explorer ONGC would pay international price for crude oil produced from its marginal fields to the service contractors. ONGC, which holds about 165 marginal fields (offshore and onshore), enters into service contracts with companies having expertise in developing these fields through a bidding process
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Gas price pooling may benefit power plants
According to industry sources, the cost of electricity would be less than Rs 6 a kWh if the price of imported natural gas is pooled with that of the domestic one. Further, gas price pooling would enable power companies to run their units at 50 per cent plant load factor, sources informed. Sources feel that the gas price pooling mechanism for power sector, if implemented, would result in a price of les
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OIL, IOT agree to collaborate on oil and gas distribution
Oil India (OIL) agreed to explore the development of city or natural gas distribution network in India and overseas in partnership with IOT Infrastructure & Energy Services. Both the firms signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in this regard recently. The MoU is for the EPC (Engineering-Procurement-Construction) jobs related to the distribution network of gas
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RIL to drill probe well in KG D6
Niko Resources informed that its partner Reliance Industries (RIL) has spud its first exploration well in more than five years on the flagging natural gas fields in KG-D6 block. Niko is the minority partner of RIL in the Krishna Godavari basin block. RIL has spud the MJ-1 exploration well on the Dhirubhai-1 and 3 gas fields in the KG-DWN-98/3 or KG-D6 block in its efforts to explore new reserves to supplement falling
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TN govt asks GAIL to lay pipelines on roadsides
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa said her government would not allow the Kochi-Bengaluru GAIL gas pipeline project to affect the welfare of farmers. It may be recalled that local farmers are protesting against GAIL's decision to lay gas pipeline on agricultural land. Recently, the state government held a three-day consultation with affected farmers. Also, the chief minister asked Chief Secretary Sheela Balakrishnan to hold discussions with those affected
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Oil ministry takes efforts to ensure CAG’s audit
Union Petroleum Secretary Vivek Rae said his ministry was making all efforts to see that the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) is able to audit Reliance Industries' (RIL) spending on KG-D6 block. He said there have been some differences between CAG and RIL on the scope of audit but they are being resolved. He expressed hope that CAG would be able to resume audit by either month or early next
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RIL produces 1.58 tn cubic feet of gas till March 2012
Minister of State for Petroleum Panabaaka Lakshmi informed Lok Sabha that the actual cumulative natural gas production at Reliance Industries' (RIL) D-1, D-3 fields of KG D6 Block up to March 31, 2012, was 1.584 trillion cubic feet against the projected 2.030 trillion cubic feet. The decline in output in 2011-12 is attributed to water or sand ingress in six out of the total 18 gas producing wells in the D-1 and D