Tag: Reliance Industries

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Fall in refining margins may hurt oil firms

Fall in refining margins may hurt oil firms

Many brokerages feel that the margins of Indian refiners may come under pressure because of a decline in the Singapore benchmark refining margin.If the margins remain at the current level in the remaining part of this quarter, margins of companies like Reliance Industries (RIL), Essar Oil and public sector firms like Bharat Petroleum (BPCL), Hindustan Petro

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CAG warns ministry against clearing RIL plan

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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CAG insists on its right to vet contractors’ documents

CAG insists on its right to vet contractors’ documents

Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has asked oil ministry to ‘specifically incorporate’ its right to audit contractor(s) relevant documents of contractors in the future production sharing contracts (PSC).In a letter to Petroleum Secretary, the CAG’s Director General (Commercial) II, P Sesh Kumar said the government auditor must have access to the books, accounts, records, documents and financial statements of co

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BP withdraws from 9 blocks

BP withdraws from 9 blocks

After initial assessment, UK's BP decided to withdraw from 9 oil and gas blocks in which it bought stake from Reliance Industries (R

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RIL-BP gas to AP

RIL-BP gas to AP

Reliance Industries and BP India are in talks with gas-starved power projects of Andhra Pradesh to supply long-term liquefied natural gas (LNG).

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RIL, BP ink gas joint venture

RIL, BP ink gas joint venture

Reliance Industries (RIL) and BP have set up India Gas Solutions, a 50:50 joint vent­ure company, to globally sou­rce and market natural gas in India. It will also develop infrastructure for transportation and marketing of the gas.

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Gas demand to more than double by 2017

Gas demand to more than double by 2017

India's natural gas demand is set to more than double by 2016-17 with most of incremental demand coming from power plants. As per the projections made by Oil Ministry for the 12th Five Year Plan (2012-13 to 2016-17),