Under its ''Perspective Plan 2030'', Oil And Natural Gas Corporation aims to double its oil and gas production by 2030; with nearly 46 per cent contribution expected to come from overseas assets, Sudhir Vasudeva, Chairman of the firm said earlier. The plan maps the long-term growth model of ONGC as an energy major.
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Rise in GRM helps Essar Oil post profit
Thanks to a rise in gross refining margins (GRM), Essar Oil announced a profit of Rs 32 crore during Oct-Dec 2012 compared to a loss of Rs 3,986 crore in the year-ago period. During Oct-Dec, the firm reported an almost four-fold rise in the GRM to $ 9.75 per barrel compared to $2.82 per barrel in the year ago quarter. The company achi
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ONGC plans Rs 868 bn investment in 5 yrs
Sudhir Vasudeva, Chairman and Managing Director of state-run oil explorer informed that the firm plans to invest about Rs 86,862 crore on 44 mega projects during 2012-17. He also said that the planned capacity addition of the firm's Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals will come about in the present Plan period
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IOC plans to raise stake in HPL
Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) plans to raise its shareholding in the cash strapped Haldia Petrochemicals as the firm expects to reap many synergies with HPL. IOC has a big refinery in the area neighbouring HPL. Also, its pipelines are connected with HPL, Indrajit Bose, Exec
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Shift to export parity pricing may hit OMCs
According to a latest report by Emkay Global Financial Services, the proposed move by finance ministry to calculate refinery gate price based on export parity pricing may adversely affect oil marketing companies (OMCs). Presently, refinery gate price, or the price at which products are transferred from refining to marketing, is calc
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IOC to upgrade refining capacity
State-run oil refiner Indian Oil Corporation (IndianOil) plans to upgrade itself to process heavier crude. In the first phase of its expansion plan, the company invested substantially to process high sulphur crude. In the second phase, it is looking at upgrading itself to pro
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BPCL set to begin work on refinery project
Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) is set to begin work on the Rs 14,000-crore integrated refinery expansion project at its Kochi facility. BPCL roped in LG Chemicals of South Korea as its joint venture partner for the petrochemicals complex, whic
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Captive berth in Kandla Port to be operated by SRS
Narendra Murkumbi, Managing Director of Shree Renuka Sugars (SRS) informed that the firm, which secured a contract to operate a captive berth in Kandla Port, expects to start operation in a year. On December 27, SRS received the letter of award for operating the berth with a capacity of 1.5 million tonn
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RIL to conduct maintenance of Jamnagar unit
Reports indicate that Reliance Industries (RIL) planned to conduct maintenance operation at its newer 580,000 barrels-per-day (bpd) Jamnagar refining complex in January. Consequently, the company plans to close its crude distillation unit and a secondary unit temporarily. The company is planning to shut a 13.5 metric tonne per annum (270
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HPCL seeks assured oil supply for proposed refinery
Hindustan Petroleum Corp (HPCL), which proposed to set up a 9 million tonne a year refinery at Barmer in Rajasthan, has asked the oil ministry to give firm allocation of crude oil from Cairn India's oilfields in the state.
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