The Petroleum Ministry will set up four new terminals with a capacity of 50 million tonnes across the country for processing and supply of natural gas to ensure better availability of the gas to the industries, Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of State (independent charge) for Petroleum and Gas has said.
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India, Mozambique ink MoU for oil, gas cooperation
India and Mozambique have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for cooperation in the oil and gas sector for a period of five years, the Petroleum Ministry has said in a statement.
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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 estimated to have 1.6 tn cubic feet of shale gas reserves
According to an estimate by the US Geological Survey, India has 1.6 trillion cubic feet of technically recoverable shale gas in the provinces of Bombay, Cauvery and Krishna-Godavari. The gas is largely concentrated in six areas - Cambay (in Gujarat), Assam-Arakan (northeast), Gondawana (central), KG onshore (Andhra Pradesh), Cauvery onsh
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Minister hopes to unveil shale gas policy in a month
Oil Minister M Veerappa Moily informed media persons that his ministry was in the process of putting out a note on the draft shale gas policy for the consideration of the cabinet. He hopes that his ministry would announce the shale gas policy in a months time. The policy would enable the expl
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OMCs’ under-recovery for diesel rises
Data released by the union petroleum ministry shows that the under-recovery of state-run oil marketing companies (OMCs) on sale of diesel has risen to 10.27 per litre for the second fortnight beginning February 16 from Rs 9.22 in the first fortnight of the month. This is despite the 45 paise per litre hike in diesel prices effected by these firms recently in the second dose of a
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OMCs’ under-recovery for diesel rises
Data released by the union petroleum ministry shows that the under-recovery of state-run oil marketing companies (OMCs) on sale of diesel has risen to 10.27 per litre for the second fortnight beginning February 16 from Rs 9.22 in the first fortnight of the month. This is despite the 45 paise per litre hike in diesel prices effected by these firms recently in the second dose of a
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Ministry agrees to release Rs 250 bn to state-run OMCs
Government agreed to release Rs 25,000 crore as compensation to state-run oil marketing companies - Indian Oil, Bharat Petroleum and Hindustan Petroleum-for selling diesel, cooking gas (LPG) and kerosene at subsidised prices. The finance ministry gave a comfort letter to the OMCs intimating its plan to release the amount. How
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Centre may request US govt to allow Indian firms source gas
Reports suggest that the central government would request the US government to allow India oil and gas companies to source shale gas from the country. US government does not allow foreign companies to import shale gas. But as an exception, the US government recently allowed state-run Gail to import natur
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Ministry proposes gradual hike in diesel prices
In order to reduce the impact of fuel subsidy on government's fiscal deficit, the petroleum ministry proposed a gradual rise in diesel prices, by 1 per litre every month over a 10-month period. It is expected that the gradual rise may avoid controversy engendered by steep hikes in infrequent revisi
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