Oil and Gas

HPCL has commissioned a residue upgradation facility (RUF) at its Visakh Refinery. The RUF has a capacity of 3.55 million tonnes per annum and employs advanced LC-Max-based residue hydrocracking technologies, with the reactors at approximately […]

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) has approved guidelines for the injection of compressed biogas (CBG) into the natural gas pipelines (NGPL) and city gas distribution (CGD) networks. The guidelines cover areas including […]

Cairn Oil and Gas, a part of Vedanta Limited has notified a hydrocarbon gas discovery in the appraisal well Ambe-2A on the West Coast, at reservoirs located below the main gas field, within the Miocene-Tarkeshwar […]

Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Organic Recycling Systems Limited (ORSL) for development of Compressed Biogas (CBG) projects across India on January 28, 2026. ORSL is an environmental engineering […]

Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) and Abu Dhabi Gas Liquefaction Company, UAE, a subsidiary of ADNOC Gas, have signed a 10-year sale purchase agreement (SPA) for the procurement of liquefied natural gas (LNG). As per […]

The Expert Panel of Government of Punjab (GoP) has approved setting up of a Compressed Biogas (CBG) plant at Bagga Kalan village. It agreed on giving its consent after suggesting technicological amendments in the proposal […]

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Rules, 2025, were recently amended to enable ease of doing business and operations. Under this, the lessees will have the right to carry out all types of mineral oil operations […]

Atirath Holdings has signed an MoU with the Telangana government for the investment of Rs 40 billion for bio-CNG projects in the state. It will see the development of 25 CBG plants. The plants will […]

Torrent Power Limited (TPL) has signed a long-term sale and purchase agreement (SPA) with JERA for the supply of up to 0.27 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) of LNG for a period of 10 years […]

Petronet LNG Limited (PLL) and Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) have entered into a 15-year ethane unloading, storage and handling services binding term sheet on December 3, 2025, under which ONGC will reserve […]

Oil India Limited (OIL) has commenced an offshore drilling campaign at the Kerala-Konkan Basin by spudding the first well. The Category-III basin is likely to be among the deepest offshore wells in India, with the […]

Desco Infratech Limited has secured two contracts worth Rs 53.7 million for various city gas distribution (CGD) projects. These include: Contract from Adani Total Gas Limited (ATGL) for Piped Natural Gas (PNG) polypropylene (PE) works at […]

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) has signed joint venture (JV) and capital contribution agreements with Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Limited (MOL), Japan on January 5, 2026. Under the agreement, ONGC will subscribe to 200,000 […]

THINK Gas has commissioned a Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) station at Rapthadu in Andhra Pradesh. Think Gas Distribution Private Limited and AG&P Pratham, now operating under the unified brand Think Gas, operates across 10 per […]

GAIL (India) Limited has signed an agreement with NRS Bio Fuel Energies LLP for supply of 6 million tonnes (mt) per day of compressed biogas (CBG) to Dehradun geographical area (GA). NRS BioFuel is an […]

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) has rationalised the unified tariff structure for the transportation of natural gas, reducing the number of tariff zones from three to two. Effective from January 1, 2026, […]

Petronet LNG Limited signed a loan agreement on December 10, 2025 to borrow a secured rupee term loan of Rs 60 billion each totalling to Rs 120 billion from the consortium comprising of the State […]

Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) commenced the first domestic production from the Jyoti-1 well in Block CB-ONN-2005/9 in Gujarat. The move marks a notable initiative in strengthening the upstream footprint of IOCL. It is also […]

The Nagpur-Jharsuguda natural gas pipeline, spanning 489 km, was recently inaugurated. The pipeline has been built at an investment of around Rs 19.5 billion. It is expected to connect 11 districts of Chhattisgarh with the […]

OIL has signed an MoU with Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) and NRL for the setting up of a cross-country petroleum product pipeline from Siliguri to Mughalsarai via Muzaffarpur and the augmentation of Depo infrastructure. […]