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| Ministry, Politics & People |
Peace in CGD battle as ministry talks to regulator
Call it the calming impact of newly appointed petroleum secretary RS Pandey, or the healing effect... |
CGD network tender expected for 21 cities across India
Peace talks between the oil ministry and the Petroleum & Natural Gas Regulatory Board make it... |
EXCOM chief plans staff expansion and streamlining
Most Indian and foreign companies dealing with India’s state-owned ONGC will have no problem... |
Illegal subsidised LPG for cars forces companies to act
Running your car on heavily subsidised LPG meant to be used as household cooking fuel is illegal,... |
Choubey suggests it’s time to look for his successor
What’s the hurry? That’s the question people might ask on hearing the government’s Public... |
MECON pipeline project consultancy business growing
Engineering consultant MECON is fast emerging as the project management consultant of choice among... |
World Bank affiliate IFC wants a stake in GSPC Gas
World Bank affiliate International Finance Corporation is the latest in a line of suitors for... |
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| Exploration & Production |
Western disqualified in ‘reverse auction’ 3D tender
Schlumberger subsidiary WesternGeco has been disqualified in ONGC’s ongoing 3D tender for which... |
Essar Wildcat ‘arrested’ in Singapore port by Norscot
Essar semi-submersible Essar Wildcat was ‘arrested’ in Singapore port last week in a case filed... |
Cairn gears up for Mangala development in December
Cairn India is gearing up to being development drilling at its Mangala oilfield in Rajasthan... |
Jindal and Greatship favourites to win ONGC tender
Jindal Drilling and Greatship are front-runners to win ONGC contracts for two jack-ups needed from... |
Essar finds ‘traces of oil’ at CB-ON/3 well in Gujarat
Essar might have struck it lucky again at CB-ON/3 in Gujarat, its only producing block in India. |
John Energy snatches Eni drilling contract from Essar
Gujarat-based John Energy looks set to win a drilling contract from Italian state-owned explorer Eni... |
Perro Negro 3 drills a dry hole for GSPC after refit
Saipem jack-up Perro Negro 3 has disappointed GSPC in her first well after she returned to eastern... |
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| Midstream, Downstream & Power |
Exxon sets July 14 to December 15 deadline for SPA
Dealing with ExxonMobil is like dealing with a state-owned Indian oil company, if you believe... |
Ankleshwar suffers as Gujarat Gas cuts supplies
Gujarat Gas is under fire for slashing gas supplies to a group of chemical factories in the... |
Mahanagar Gas confident of more supply from January
Gas-starved Mumbai industrial and commercial customers can cheer up. Mumbai CGD operator Mahanagar... |
Customers will pay more for new MGL gas supplies
Mahanagar Gas expects most of the increase in supplies beginning from January next year to come from... |
Some fertiliser companies won’t touch spot R-LNG
State-owned Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilisers has declined to tender out spot R-LNG supplies to... |
Total 100 auto-LPG fuel stations by March from Aegis
Mumbai-based LPG importer Aegis Logistics is planning a huge increase in the number of stations... |
Three more months before IOC sees Paradip money
Indian Oil will have to wait for at least another three more months before it sees the money needed... |
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| News In Brief |
Problems at ONGC deepwater well
ONGC has encountered problems at its CY-DWN-2001-1 Cauvery Basin deepwater well in the Palk Strait... |
Good news for non-GAIL gas firms
Companies already selling piped natural gas and CNG, but not affiliated to GAIL, can expect letters... |
Three-month extension for Balyan
Uncertainty over the future of ONGC director human resources AK Balyan is drawing to a close. |
Samed Shikhar ready by March 2009
Great Offshore has strongly refuted rumours it won't mobilise ‘new build’ jack-up Samed Shikhar in... |
Wine capital of India attracts CGD players
On the edge of rolling hills about two hours northeast of India’s financial hub Mumbai, companies... |
Eni collects ocean data on Andaman block
Italian major Eni has begun mobilising a vessel to collect ocean data on its ultra deepwater block... |
PGS and DGH resolve 2D seismic row
PGS is close to resolving its dispute with the DGH over a joint profit sharing speculative 2D... |
Rain delays Panipat to Jalandhar pipeline
Heavy monsoon rains have delayed Indian Oil’s effort to finish laying a 275-km-long, 10-inch... |
Trafigura and IOC downplay arbitration
Two executives at two oil companies. Both send emails to each other over a recent delivery of... |
Search begins for GAIL director projects
The PESB has set a firm October 14 deadline for candidates to apply for the post of director... |
GSPC shelves plan to replace Wildcat
Essar Oilfields has received some good news for its Essar Wildcat rig, which has been “arrested” as... |