In a letter to the union oil ministry, P Elango, CEO of Cairn India asked the ministry to do away with the discrimination between NELP and pre-NELP blocks while giving the right of first refusal for shale gas exploration. It may be recalled that the draft policy for exploration of shale gas provides for giving operators of block awarded under New Exploration Policy (NELP) since 2000, the right of first refusal for exploiting the unco
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Solar Energy Corp plans pilot projects at Rs 2,555 cr
Newly formed public sector company Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) plans to call for bids for four pilot solar thermal power projects, requiring an investment of about Rs 2,555 crore.
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Cairn India expects higher output from Rajasthan block
Cairn India aims to achieve a production level of 200,000-215,000 barrels per day (bpd) of oil during 2013-14 from its Rajasthan block compared to the present production level of 175,000 bpd.
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Cairn India expects 215,000 bpd output from Rajasthan block
Cairn India aims to achieve a production level of 200,000-215,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd) during 2013-14 from its Rajasthan block compared to the present production level of 175,000 bpd. The Vedanta group firm has 26 discoveries in the block with an in-place reserve of around 7.3 billion barrels of oil equivalent. The main producing areas in the Rajasthan block are the Mangala, Bhagyam and Aishw
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Power plants yet to lift coal from Navlakhi port
Power plants in the states of Rajasthan, Gujarat, Punjab and Madhya Pradesh who imported coal from Navlakhi port in Gujarat are having an issue of vacating the cargo lying in the port. With the Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) serving a closure notice to the port for violation of envir
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Govt awards water supply infra contracts to SPML
The Rajasthan government awarded a Rs 396 crore contract to SPML Infra for water infrastructure development work in Ratangarh-Sujangarh and Fatehpur-Laxmangarh in Churu district. According to the terms of the contract, the firm has to complete the work in three years. In an official communication, the firm said the new order would help it in building robust infrastructure in providing drinking wate
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Cairn’s 3 oilfields hold 2.19 bn barrels of reserves
Cairn India's three oil fields - Mangala, Bhagyam and Aishwariya - in its Rajasthan block had an in-place oil reserve of 2.19 billion barrels as of March 31, 2013 compared to 2.090 billion barrels as on March 31, 2012. It may be noted that these three fields produced oil at the rate of about 170,000 barrels per day for most part of
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Cairn India plans $3 bn investment in 3 years
After announcing earnings results for the full year 2012-13, P Elango, CEO of Cairn India informed that the firm aims to invest $3 billion on oil and gas business in India over the next three years. He further said that over 80 per cent of this investment would go into the firm's prolific Barmer oil block in Rajasthan. The firm would meet the entire inves
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To maintain output, Cairn India mulls 48 more wells
In order to maintain the current peak production level, Cairn India plans to drill 48 wells at a cost of less than $100 million on the Mangala oilfield in its Rajasthan block. Mangala is the biggest among the 26 oil and gas discoveries Cairn has made in the Barmer basin block in Rajasthan
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Cairn India may upgrade reserve estimate
Some analysts expect Cairn India to upgrade crude oil reserves in its prolific Rajasthan field in the next two-three quarters led by higher exploration and drilling activities. It may be noted that the government allowed the company to conduct additional exploration in place. The com