Oil and Gas

Mozambique LNG, Africa’s largest energy development group, is in talks with Indian companies to supply LNG. Mozambique LNG’s export point is strategically located close to India in terms of gas shipments, with a one-way ship […]

ONGC has found hydrocarbon (gas) deposits in the Meidum area, Kolasib district, on the Mizoram-Assam border. As of now, ONGC has predicted that 552,674 standard cubic feet of gas per day could be available from […]

India has become the first country in Asia to buy US shale gas after state-owned GAIL (India) Limited booked a ship of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Cheniere Energy, Inc.’s Sabine Pass plant in Louisiana. […]

State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has received environmental clearance for its Rs 3.5 billion project for drilling 22 exploratory wells in blocks located in the Banaskantha, Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad districts of Gujarat. The […]

The government has accorded freedom to Indian oil companies to draw up their own independent crude import policy based on their commercial requirements. State-owned firms such as the Indian Oil Corporation have traditionally been allowed […]

A number of state-run gas distribution companies have objected strongly to the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board’s (PNGRB) proposal to end their exclusive rights to distribute gas in their respective cities and declare the […]

Meanwhile, Reliance Gas Pipeline Limited (RGPL) has also secured environment clearance for its Rs 14.28 billion project to build a 486 km long pipeline through Gujarat and Maharashtra, for the transportation of liquid ethane. Among […]

BPCL has received environmental clearance for a Rs 3.37 billion pipeline project for its refinery at Kochi, Kerala. The pipeline will connect the refinery to the state’s existing pipeline network. The coastal regulation zone clearance […]

The government has introduced the Hydrocarbon Exploration and Licensing Policy (HELP), which will require companies to acquire a unified licence to manage all hydrocarbon reserves such as oil, gas, shale and coal bed methane. According […]

The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoPNG) is working on a policy for setting up a trading desk for oil marketing companies (OMCs) to allow them to buy crude from the spot market. This […]

The Centre’s green panel has given clearance to the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) for its Rs 17.52 billion project involving the drilling of 406 development wells in oilfields in Gujarat’s Cambay basin. The […]

OVL has entered into an agreement with the Republic of Equatorial Guinea for cooperation in the upstream hydrocarbon sector in Africa. Under the MoU, Equatorial Guinea will cooperate with OVL to explore potential investment opportunities […]

Sudan has offered ONGC Videsh Limited (OVL) three more oil and gas blocks for exploration and production and invited Indian firms to set up a coastal refinery to boost fuel supplies within Africa. The move […]

The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has secured environmental clearance for drilling 45 development wells and setting up other related infrastructure, entailing a cost of over Rs 530 billion in the Krishna-Godavari (KG) basin […]

The MoPNG has sought Rs 150 billion from the Centre to build the second phase of strategic petroleum reserves in a cost-effective manner, given the declining global crude oil prices. India uses strategic storage reserves, […]

Russia’s decision to open up its oil and gas sector to Indian companies will significantly boost bilateral trade. The two nations are negotiating some more acquisitions and projects in the hydrocarbons sector. The deals sealed […]

Qatar has slashed the price of gas it supplies to India by almost half by removing the floor and cap in the pricing formula, but it has introduced a small fixed component. The revised formulation, […]

The government is likely to convert a cess on domestically produced crude oil into an ad valorem rate from a fixed per tonne levy at present. The budget for 2016-17 is likely to make changes in […]

India plans to set up its biggest oil refinery in Maharashtra and the government has mandated the state-run oil marketing companies (OMCs) to work on the project. The government envisages the development of a petrochemical […]