Oil and Gas

The Government of Chhattisgarh (GoC) has inaugurated the City Gas Infrastructure Project in Raipur. The project is aimed at supplying piped natural gas (PNG) to domestic and commercial consumers along with compressed natural gas (CNG) […]

Organic Recycling Systems Limited (ORSL) has secured an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for an Integrated Compressed Biogas (CBG) and Biofertilizer Plant in Madhya Pradesh. The project involves setting up of a 10 tonnes […]

Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) has delivered the first HS EcoFreighter multi-purpose vessel (MPV) named MS Heinz to Germany’s HS Schiffahrts. The 7,000 deadweight tonnage MPV, designed by Groot Ship Design (Netherlands) and built at CSL, […]

The Special Secretary and Member (Customs), Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC), has inaugurated the integration of the Indian Customs Electronic Gateway (ICEGATE) with the Land Port Management System (LPMS) at the Integrated […]

ONGC has reportedly achieved a milestone by operating new-generation drilling rigs using compressed natural gas (CNG) cascades at its Tripura Asset, facilitating the substitution of up to 70 per cent of diesel with domestically produced […]

Engineers India Limited (EIL) has commenced site activities at the compressed biogas (CBG) plant located at the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) Halkarni Industrial Area in the Kolhapur district of Maharashtra. The plant is designed […]

Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) and Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) have signed a crude oil sale agreement on December 17, 2025. With the agreement, the sale and purchase of crude oil supplied to NRL […]

The Chhattisgarh government and GAIL (India) Limited have signed a non-binding MoU for the development of a greenfield gas-based fertiliser project in the state. As per the MoU, GAIL is expected to undertake the detailed […]

Cairn Oil and Gas, part of the Vedanta Group, has successfully completed the installation of India’s first sub-sea template (SST) at the Ambe offshore block in the Cambay basin in Gujarat. It has been developed […]

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 […]