Oil and Gas

The Adani Group and German chemical company BASF SE signed an MoU with the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and Borealis AG for conducting a joint feasibility study for the development of the Gujarat […]

The Prime Minister’s Office has agreed to the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas’s proposal of extending 60 per cent budgetary support worth Rs 55 billion for the North-East natural gas pipeline grid project. The […]

The Mundra liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal project is expected to be commissioned by December 2019. The project involved setting up of an import, storage and regasification terminal with a capacity of 5 mtpa at […]

The central government has directed ONGC to operate the Panna-Mukta-Tapti (PMT) offshore fields from December 21, 2019. Earlier, Reliance and Shell each owned a 30 per cent participating interest in the PMT fields, while ONGC […]

Mahanagar Gas Limited (MGL) has cut down prices for CNG supplied to vehicles by Rs 2.04 per kg and for domestic PNG by Rs 1.19 per standard cubic metre (scm) in and around Mumbai, effective […]

Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL) has rolled out more than 200,000 new piped natural gas (PNG) connections and expanded its compressed natural gas (CNG) network to 500 stations by setting up 54 new outlets in 2018-19. […]

The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has proposed the drilling of about 24 wells in CY-ONHP-2018/3 block in the Ramanathapuram and Sivaganga districts in Tamil Nadu. The proposal for grant of the terms of […]

Cairn Oil and Gas, a vertical of Vedanta Limited, is planning to drill 78 wells for onshore exploration of oil and gas at RJ-ONHP-2017/3 block in Jalore district in Rajasthan. Besides, the proposal for grant […]

The detailed project report (DPR) for the Raigad mega refinery and petrochemicals complex project is expected to be completed by December 2019. The project involves development of a 60 mtpa refinery-cum-petrochemical complex at Raigad in […]

Torrent Gas Private Limited has acquired Mahesh Gas Limited, Siti Energy Limited and Dholpur CGD Private Limited that are implementing city gas distribution (CGD) projects in Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan respectively. The Mahesh Group […]

The central government inaugurated the Motihari-Amlekhgunj product pipeline project on September 10, 2019. IOCL had completed the construction work on the project in July this year. The project involved laying a 10.75 inch outside diameter […]

Petronet LNG Limited (PLL) plans to take a 26 per cent stake in a 1 million tonne (mt) capacity terminal for import and regasification of the super cooled fuel. The terminal will be operated by […]

The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) is planning to drill 46 exploratory wells in 12 onshore mining lease blocks in Mehsana district in Gujarat at a cost of Rs 5 billion. The corporation has […]

State-run OMCs  Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) have launched a programme to procure biodiesel made from used cooking oil (UCO) in 100 cities across […]

IOCL has successfully laid one of the longest petroleum pipelines across the Godavari river near Rajahmundry. The pipeline, which is 3.1 km long and 16 inches in diameter, has been pulled through the Godavari’s riverbed […]

Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) has augmented its liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) storage capacity at the Inamkulathur Indane bottling plant in Tiruchirappalli by constructing a mounded facility at a cost of Rs 105 million to […]

State-owned gas firm GAIL (India) Limited has hired a newly built LNG ship from Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines for ferrying gas from countries such as the US for three years beginning 2021, and plans to […]

Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited is setting up a 9 mtpa refinery-cum-petrochemical complex at a cost of Rs 431.29 billion at Pachpadra in Barmer district of Rajasthan. In addition to motor spirit and diesel, the refinery envisages […]

Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited (CPCL) is revamping its existing diesel hydro-treating unit from 1.8 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) to 2.4 mtpa along with a new sulphur recovery unit to meet BS-VI fuel quality norms […]

Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) received its first consignment of imported Miri crude oil from Petronas, Malaysia, on August 4, 2019. A railway rake comprising 50 tank wagons and carrying around 2,760 metric tonnes of crude […]