Reports suggest that two months ago Reliance Industries (RIL) and its partner BP proposed to do a single Drill-Stem Test (DST) on their three finds -D-29, 30 and 31 at KG basin- to establish them as commercially viable finds. However, it is learnt that the Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH) rejected the proposal as it feels that
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RIL, BP secure oil supply tenders from Egypt
Reliance Industries (RIL) and its British partner BP secured large crude oil supply tenders from Egypt for 2013. Reports suggest that RIL secured the bulk (18 cargoes) on offer from EgyptÂ’s Ras Gharib terminal, winning around 1.5 million tonne of the heavy crude. BP managed to get 15 cargoes in 2013, amounting to 1.2 million
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OVL plans to exit South China Sea block
According to source-based information, ONGC Videsh plans to exit the hydrocarbon block offered by Vietnam to it in the maritime region of South China Sea as it found that the bed of the block was very difficult. ONGC Videsh, the overseas arm of ONGC, feels that the cost of operating the block is higher than the benefits and so it is not conducting operation there. However, Viet
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Govt to make public bidding norms for CGD projects
S Krishnan, Chairman of Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) informed that the government would make public the fresh guidelines on bidding for the city gas distribution networks in the country for public feedback in 12 weeks. Krishnan informed this on the sidelines of a seminar on natural gas. He also said that the board would then issue the f
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Multiple pricing discourages private investment
Experts argue that the multiplicity of price points in the natural gas and petroleum sector in the country discouraged private investment.Multiplicity of price points has created market distortions in sectors such as city gas distribution, as it led to considerable differences in prices for end-consumers. There are multiple price points, depending on the source and
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BP Plc’s plea for market price for natural gas
Europe's second-biggest oil company, BP Plc has demanded a market price for natural gas to enable immediate development of a huge 10 Trillion cubic feet of discoveries to help unlock up to 100-150 billion value.
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OVL aims to raise output
In an interview to a leading media, a top official of
ONGC Videsh (OVL) informed that the firm aims to produce 20 million tonne of oil and gas by 2017-18 and 60 million tonne by 2030. If the company achieves this target, its contribution would be 46 percent of ONGC group production by 2030, against existing 15 percent, the official is quoted as sa
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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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East-West Petroleum eyes shale reserves in Assam
Assam government received interest from East-West Petroleum Corporation for investing in the state's potential shale gas assets. The Canadian firm, which is owned by the industrialist, Herb Dhaliwal, feels that the state possesses huge shale gas potential and the fuel could be extracted by adopting new technology. Dhaliwal, the first Canadian Cabinet Minister of Indian origin, said his company was keen to invest in a big way in the