Essar Oilfields Services is in the process of procuring six on-shore drilling rigs for coal bed methane (CBM) at a cost of about $36 million. These rigs have greater mobility as required in CBM drilling,
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Natural gas output declines
Production of natural gas from domestic assets declined to 118 million standard cubic metre per day (mmscmd) in 2012-13 from 130 mmscmd in the previous year.
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DGH not inclined to clear RIL proposal
The Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH), the technical arm of the union petroleum ministry, is not in favour of approving the Reliance Industries' (RIL) proposal to conduct separate testing for D-29, 30 & 31. Earlier in May, the firm sought permission for conducting separate tests at its three gas discoveries i.e D-29, 30 & 31. This is a shift away from the com
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RIL asked to clarify certain things in revised plan
Minister of State for Petroleum & Natural Gas Panabaaka Lakshmi informed Rajya Sabha that the government sought clarifications from Reliance Industries (RIL) on the revised field development plan (RFDP). It may be noted that the company submitted RFDP for D1 & D3 fields, the main gas producing fields in the eastern offshore KG-D6 block, with downward revision in reserves
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Private fuel retailers prefer export over local sales
Media reports indicate that private fuel retailers like Essar Oil, Reliance Industries (RIL) prefer to export diesel instead of selling them in the domestic market despite the government partially de-regulating the pricing regime. This is because these firms fear that the government may again impose price control on diesel during election perio
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DGH calls for review of DoC for RIL’s block
Media reports suggest that the Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH) asked the union oil ministry to convene a meeting of the Management Committee (MC) to review the Declaration of Commerciality (DoC) for D-35 block. The block, which is also named CY-DWN-2001/2 block, was discovered by Reliance Industries (RIL) in 2007
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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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RIL may invest Rs 1.5 trillion in core businesses
Media reports indicate that the various businesses of Reliance Industries (RIL) may get Rs 179,000 crore investment in the next five years. Of the total amount, the firm may invest about Rs 151,000 crore towards core oil, gas, refining and petrochemical sectors in the next five years; the rest would go towards the t
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RPTL receives Rs 30 bn fund infusion from RIL
Reliance Ports & Terminals (RPTL) is learnt to have received Rs 3,000 crore equity infusion from its Reliance Industries (RIL) in 2012-13. Also, the Mukesh Ambani-led firm infused Rs 1,575 crore of equity in Reliance Gas & Transportation Infrastructure (RGTIL) last year. RGTIL is also said to have
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Net profit of RIL rises 6% in FY13
The standalone net profit of Reliance Industries (RIL) rose 6 percent in 2012-13 on a year-on-year (y-o-y) basis to Rs 21,003 crore, while its revenue rose 9.2 percent to Rs 3.71 trillion. The company attributed the growth in earnings largely to strong and improved refining margins during the year