Industry players are awaiting the outcome of the impending meeting of the empowered group of ministers (EGoM) to discuss the allocation and pricing of natural gas. During the meeting, the ministerial panel would discuss two separate proposals, one for raising prices of gas produced by blocks auctioned under new exploration licensing policy (Nelp) and the other for allocation of gas prod
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Tata Steel to reline blast furnace in UK plant
Tata Steel plans to reline the Queen Anne blast furnace at its Scunthorpe, UK, plant at a cost of $77 million, or over Rs 400 crore. The project may be completed before the plantÂ’s 60th anniversary in April 2014. Relining will raise efficiency and capacity of the furnace as it involves replacement of the brick and refractory lining, replacement of copper mantle plates and copper stack cooling plates
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ONGC board approves Rs 11 bn turnaround project
P Lakshmi, Minister of State for Petroleum & Natural Gas informed the Lok Sabha that ONGC Board has recently approved a turnaround or reconstruction project in Bassein fields in its meeting held on March 20, 2013, at an estimated cost of $207 million (Equivalent to Rs 1,138.50) with scheduled completion by April 2015. Further, she said, with implementation of various rede
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Govt forms panel to decide on extension of lease
Press reports indicate that the union government formed an inter-departmental committee to extend petroleum leases in producing oil and gas blocks. Recently, the committee, chaired by oil ministry's additional secretary & financial adviser (AS&FA) SC Khuntia, held its first meeting. However, the committee did not discuss any particular case because of absence of a key member, repo
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ONGC produces 5.8% less oil in FY13
According to a performance report of state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC), the firm produced 5.8 per cent less crude oil at 20.485 million tonne (mn t) in 2012-13 compared to 21.76 mn t achieved in the previous year. The report, which was submitted to the union oil ministry recently, also shows that the output was also shor
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EGoM to meet soon to discuss panel recommendation
The Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) which is looking into the issue of natural gas pricing and allocation may meet soon to consider the recommendation of Rangarajan Committee on the issue. It may be noted that the finance, power and fertiliser ministries as well as gas producers are opposed to th
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Govt departments divided on gas pricing formula
Different departments of the government has different view on the proposed pricing formula for domestically produced natural gas. Earlier, a panel led by C Rangarajan, the Chairman of the prime minister's economic advisory council, recommended that gas prices in India should be calculated on the basis of international benchmarks in Japa
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AP govt to add 4 gw generation capacity to meet demand
By the end of the financial year 2013-14, the Andhra Pradesh government aims to add at least 4,000 mw of power production capacity in order to meet the shortage of electricity. The state government's power generation firm AP Genco is said to be in the advanced stage of commissioning at least three projects, including two units
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ONGC works on integration of overseas arm
The top management of state-run explorer ONGC is preparing a plan to integrate its domestic and foreign oil and gas exploration businesses in order to reap synergy. It may be noted that the domestic exploration business is taken care of by ONGC, while ONGC Videsh (OVL) handles foreign
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Finished steel output rose 0.5% in Feb 2013
Union Minister of Steel Beni Prasad Verma informed that provisional data released by Joint Plant Committee (JPC) indicates that production for sale of total finished steel increased 0.5 percent in February 2013 as compared to a growth of 4.3 percent (and not 8.7 percent) in February 2012. In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha Verma said, Steel being a deregulated sector, the role of the government is that of a facilitator providing a conducive polic