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Articles 221 through 320 of 350:
- Myanmar Deserves Attention (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Apr 20, 2006)
India’s determination to follow an independent policy on issues of national security was amply demonstrated by the visit of President Abdul Kalam to Myanmar within a week of the visit of President George Bush to India.
- Energy-Hungry India Hopes For $7b From Auction Of Oil & Gas Blocks (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 12, 2006)
Cheveron, BP, Exxon and other big oil companies are likely to participate in the forthcoming NELP- VI round.
- Huge Investments Expected In Oil, Gas Bidding: Murli Deora (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 12, 2006)
55 blocks offered under the sixth round are expected to be snapped up by bidders
Sale of data may fetch Rs. 100 crore Bids for CBM round on June 3 and those of NELP-VI on September 15
- Expectations Over Oil Sector Regulator (Hindu, N. Ravi Kumar, Apr 10, 2006)
Benefits foreseen include a level playing field for all players, larger investment in natural gas sector and greater competition
- New Firm To Meet State Gas Needs (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2006)
The company, in which the Karnataka Government has a five per cent stake, will be operational in the next couple of months, Mr M J Mohan, General Manager, BPCL, told reporters here on Thursday.
- Elementary, My Dear Watson (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Times, Mar 10, 2006)
Up one day and down the next with the same furious volatility — welcome to life at Sensex over 10,500! The simple truth is that price corrections are bound to be sharp when prices have been driven up with ferocity and when liquidity has . . .
- Myanmar, India Sign Gas Supply Agreement (Reuters, CP Bhambri, Mar 10, 2006)
India has signed a preliminary agreement with Myanmar on buying natural gas from the military-ruled southeast Asian nation, a senior Indian official said.
- Australia To Expand Business Operations In India (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Santos strikes deal with Reliance Petroleum
- Ongc May Sell Stake In Gail (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 04, 2006)
ONGC is considering sale of its equity stake in GAIL India Limited but is keen to retain shareholding in Indian Oil Corporation (IOC). Disclosing this here, ONGC Chairman Subir Raha said there was no synergy of operations between the companies.
- Trapped In A Logjam (Dawn, Tasneem Siddiqui, Feb 25, 2006)
For most people, Davos symbolizes the power of globalization. For good or bad, it has unleashed a process of change. Some changes are discernible, but there are many that one can barely observe.
- After The Iaea Vote, First Iran Emissary Heading For Delhi (Indian Express, Amitav Ranjan, Feb 23, 2006)
Iran is sending its first emissary to India to discuss bilateral relations since New Delhi voted against Tehran at the IAEA meeting in February.
- Ioc May Not Sell Its Stake In Ongc, Gail By March (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
Indian Oil Corp (IOC), country's largest oil firm, may not sell its stake in Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) and GAIL (India) Ltd by March as originally planned, company's Chairman Sarthak Behuria said today.
- Cooperation With China (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 22, 2006)
Friendship between Pakistan and China has always been a positive factor in the South Asian region and has served to advance the cause of peace and stability.
- Gail To Get Continued Pmt Gas Supply ............ (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
GAIL (India) Ltd today said it does not anticipate any difficulty in meeting the demand for gas during the ensuing summer and Rabi season following the Union Government directive to the Panna Mukta Tapti (PMT) consortium to continue . . .
- We Are Keen On Averting Oil Price Hike: Murli Deora (Hindu, Sushma Ramchandran, Feb 16, 2006)
Package includes bonds, tapping funds in oil pool accounts
Consultation on with Finance Ministry
Minister calls for introduction of fuel subsidy
Profitability of oil firms to be maintained
- Gail India Declares 20 P.C. Interim (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 16, 2006)
Gail India has informed the BSE that the directors of the company at the board meeting held on Wednesday have recommended a special interim dividend of 20 per cent on the paid up equity capital of the company.
- Indianoil, Gail Eye Stake In Pakistan (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 16, 2006)
State-owned Indian Oil Corporation (IndianOil) and GAIL (India) Ltd have expressed interest in acquiring stake in Pakistan's energy infrastructure major Sui Southern Gas Company Ltd.
- Gail To Use Shell Hazira Terminal On Toll Basis (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 10, 2006)
13-km long pipeline to connect terminal with GAIL network.
Gas Authority of India (GAIL) and Shell will soon sign a comprehensive agreement, which will allow the former to use the Shell Hazira LNG terminal on toll basis to import floating cargo of LNG.
- Petrol Price: Pm To Hold Meeting (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 09, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will soon convene a meeting involving officials of the finance and petroleum ministries to discuss issues relating to pricing of mass consumption petroleum products — petrol, diesel, cooking gas and kerosene.
- Manmohan To Convene Meeting On Oil Prices (Hindu, Sushma Ramchandran, Feb 09, 2006)
Assures Murli Deora of a meeting with Chidambaram on the issue
Spurt in global oil prices
Deora not for rise in LPG, kerosene prices
Rangarajan Committee asked to submit report by this week
Proposal for uniform sales tax on petroleum products
- Gail Seeks Lng Supply Deal For Ratnagiri Gas (Business Standard, Nevin John, Feb 07, 2006)
To source gas from Oman LNG and Qalhat LNG.
GAIL India plans to enter into a long-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) sourcing contract with Oman LNG and Qalhat LNG to shore up supplies to various projects including . . .
- Total Switch Over To Cng (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 07, 2006)
Federal Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources Amanullah Khan Jadoon has said that a project is underway to introduce CNG-run buses in the country, which would cut down oil import bill by about 700 million dollars a year.
- Gail Appoints Tech Consultant (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 07, 2006)
GAIL (India) Ltd. has appointed SUZ Tractebel of Belgium as technical consultant to carry out a study for a pipeline from Myanmar to India avoiding Bangladesh, PTI reports quoting an official source.
- Deweaponisation Is The Real Challenge (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 05, 2006)
President Musharraf has unveiled a strategy to deal with the Balochistan situation, which inter alia includes surrender and disarming of the private militias, stoppage of interruption in the development process and no Government money to Sardars.
- Private Militia In Balochistan Must Disarm: Musharraf (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 04, 2006)
President unveils four-point solution to crisis;
condemns blasphemous cartoons
President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Friday denied any military operation in Balochistan but said that the private local militia must disarm and stop hampering . . .
- `Our Wto Negotiations Are Mainly About Making Russia An Equal Participant In Global Trade' (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Feb 04, 2006)
It is important that we complete the negotiations with India on Russia's WTO accession. We are sure that our fast accession would be in India's interests, too, because Russia honouring its agreed commitments would mean better and broader access of Indian
- Musharraf Wants Militia To Disarm For Balochistan Peace (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 04, 2006)
* Calls publication of blasphemous cartoons ‘a glaring mistake’
President Pervez Musharraf has said that the private local militia in Balochistan must disarm for peace to prevail.
- Ioc To Offload Part Of Cross-Holdings (Indian Express, Amitav Ranjan, Feb 03, 2006)
Indian Oil Corp has decided to sell up to half of the shares that it holds in GAIL (India) Ltd and one-fifth of its holding in Oil & Natural Gas Corp before March 31, 2005, to raise money and retire its market borrowings.
- Iran To India: Lng Price We Signed On Is No Longer Valid (Indian Express, Amitav Ranjan, Jan 31, 2006)
Last October, Tehran linked its energy dialogue to India’s nuclear diplomacy asking New Delhi to “compensate (its) past default (voting against Iran) by supporting Iran in the next meeting of the IAEA board of governors in November.
- Oil Spoils (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jan 31, 2006)
The terms of the coming sixth round of the New Exploration Licensing Policy (NELP) are a significant improvement over past exercises. The bid process captures the changing global environment in the oil and gas sector —the high oil price regime.
- Ioc Calls Price Bids For Sale Of Shareholding In Ongc, Gail (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 28, 2006)
State refiner Indian Oil Corp (IOC) has called price bids from institutional investors for sale of its shareholding in Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and GAIL (India) Ltd.
- Petroleum Peeves (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jan 27, 2006)
The department of chemicals and petrochemicals (DC&P) is sore over being denied a major role in formulating the feedstock policy for the petrochemical sector, which, it believes, has been usurped by the petroleum ministry.
- Indo-Lankan Economic Ties (Daily Excelsior, R C Rajamani, Jan 23, 2006)
Prolonged media preoccupation- on either side of the Palk Straits with the Tamil problem has created an erroneous impression that a solution to the ethnic issue is central to the growth of Indo-Sri Lanka ties.
- Gail Takes Security Measures After Ulfa Extortion Note To Ongc (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
The Gas Authority of India Ltd (GAIL) has taken precautionary security measures in view of an ULFA extortion note to Oil and Natural Gas Corporation demanding Rs 500 crore.
- Ongc-Shell Tie Up In Oil And Gas Sector (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
MoU covers joint development of coal bed methane gas
- Preventing Power Losses (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Jan 19, 2006)
Talk to a Japanese official and he invariably comes up with a reply that Pakistan is potentially a very rich country with large natural resources, unlike Japan with its narrow strip of hilly land. All we have to do, he says, is to develop those . . .
- Aiyar Seeks Tie-Ups With China (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 11, 2006)
Petroleum Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar leaves on Wednesday for China in a bid to enter into a ``cooperative relationship''
- Ongc Videsh Pushes For Raise In Investment Limit (Business Line, Richa Mishra, Jan 06, 2006)
ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL), the overseas arm of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), has yet again stepped up its demand for an increase in its investment limit, which is set at $75 million or Rs 300 crore, whichever is less.
- Escalating Fuel Prices (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jan 04, 2006)
As was expected, people have starting feeling the pinch of the Government’s decision to substantially increase the prices of natural gas. Effective from January 1, 2006, the prices have been jacked up by nine to 15.5% for all categories of consumers ...
- Reliance Capital Okays Merger (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
Reliance Capital Ltd. said on Monday its board had approved of a merger with the holding company for the stake in the financial services firm spun off by Reliance Industries Ltd.
- Rich Gas Reserves Verified In Myanmar Block: Ongc (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2005)
ONGC Videsh Ltd announced on Wednesday that Myanmar offshore Shwe field Block A-1, in which it holds 20 per cent interest, was verified to have between 2.88 trillion cubic feet (TCF) and 3.56 TCF of gas in place.
- Iran-Pakistan-India Gas Project: Iran To Host (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Dec 29, 2005)
Iran has agreed to host tripartite official-level talks with India and Pakistan in February to kick start the construction of the $7 billion Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline.
- Gail In Talks To Buy $500 Mn E&p Company (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2005)
GAIL India is scouting to acquire a mid-sized oil exploration and production (E&P) company worth $500 million, and is in talks with three companies for the purpose
- Oil Psus’ Revenue Losses To Double This Fiscal: Aiyar (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
The revenue loss suffered by state-owned oil retailing firms on the sale of petrol, diesel, LPG (popularly known as cooking gas) and kerosene, below their production cost will almost double to Rs 38,15,400 crore this fiscal, Petroleum Minister Mani Shanka
- Gail-Bpcl Plan Piped Gas Projects (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
Gas supply will be taken up in two States
- Reliance Seeks 25,000 Acre Sez Land In Andhra (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
Indicating major investment plans for Andhra Pradesh alongside a gas pipe line project, Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) today sought 25,000 acre of land for the development of an exclusive Special Economic Zone (SEZ).
- Gail To Invest In Gas Projects (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
State-owned gas utility, Gail (India) Ltd, plans to invest over Rs 11,600 crore in various gas cracker projects in the country, the Lok Sabha was informed today.
- Debate On Oil Prices (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Dec 22, 2005)
The National Assembly is to hold a debate the oil pricing policy of the government and related energy issues. That will follow the sustained high price of oil, which has not come down following a fall in international oil prices.
- Gail, Bpcl To Sign Accord For City Gas Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
GAIL opens diagnostic centre for pollution-related diseases
- Gail To Set Up Petrochemical Plant In Kochi (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
GAIL (India) Limited is planning to set up a 400,000 TPA 'integrated grass root petrochemical plant' at an investment Rs 62 bn in Kochi using LNG as feed stock, a top official of the company said today.
- Gail Lines Up Rs 15000 Cr Projects In Orissa (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
Gail (India) Ltd has decided to set up joint venture projects worth over Rs 15,000 crore in Orissa. The projects include a coal gassification plant, pipeline project, petrochemical complex and a power plant.
- Gail's Major Plans For Orissa (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
Will soon finalise energy cooperation agreement with the State
Plans surface coal gasification project at Talcher
1,140-km trunk pipeline between Kakinada and Haldia
- Gail Plans To Invest Rs 15,000 Cr In Orissa (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
State-run gas utility GAIL India Ltd plans to invest Rs 15,000 crore in coal gasification and power plants in Orissa.
- Nothing Can Stop Balochistan Uplift, Says Musharraf (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2005)
President says major development projects will bring jobs to Baloch
* Announces projects worth Rs 1.5b for Kohlu district
- Cross-Holding In Ioc, Gail — Ongc Drops Buyback Plan, May Divest Stake In Market (Business Standard, Pratim Ranjan Bose, Dec 12, 2005)
The issue of unlocking of cross-holdings among three major oil PSUs — ONGC, GAIL and Indian Oil is fast reaching a new turn.
- A New Start For India & Russia (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 09, 2005)
India's national interests demand a strengthening and deepening of friendly ties with Russia.
- Gail, Ongc Counsel At The Receiving End (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
Attending the hearing without relevant information irks ERC chief
The counsel are expected to come with their plans of gas supply to upcoming projects
Their failure to provide details led to postponement of hearing on November 5
- View From The Left (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 09, 2005)
Uma throws a tantrum and all’s well with India
- Audit Routines, Gas Pipes, Chickens And Lawyers (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 08, 2005)
"JUST as it is impossible not to taste honey or poison that one may find at the tip of one's tongue, so it is impossible for one dealing with government funds not to taste, at least a little bit, of the King's wealth."
- Russia Sees India As Long-Term Partner In Energy Sector (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Dec 07, 2005)
Iran pipeline vital for energy security, regional cooperation: Manmohan
Sakhalin-I project clear indication of a good beginning: Putin
Manmohan, Putin discuss Iran nuclear issue
Possibility of Economic Cooperation Agreement with Russia to be studied
- Pm Talks Nostalgia & Business With Russia (Telegraph, Radhika Ramaseshan, Dec 06, 2005)
Raj Kapoor, Awara Hoon and Mera Naam Joker were the staple of India’s relations with Russia in the days when a humungous USSR was a counterweight to the US.
- Petroleum Board To Decide On Gail Split (Business Standard, Jyoti Mukul, Dec 05, 2005)
GAIL has already started accounting for transporting revenues separately.
- Decision On Bifurcating Gail's Marketing, Transmission Biz Soon (Business Line, Richa Mishra, Dec 05, 2005)
A Final decision on bifurcating the gas marketing and transportation business of GAIL (India) Ltd seems to be near with the Government hoping to get Parliamentary approval for setting up the proposed Petroleum Regulatory and Natural Gas Board (PRNGB).
- Voice Of The 'Common Man' (Hindu, Anita Joshua, Dec 04, 2005)
Brushing up the Years: A Cartoonist's History of India 1947-2004, R.K. Laxman, Penguin, p.304, Rs. 750.
- Different `Reserves' And Deepwater Economics (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 01, 2005)
Till March 2003, there was no accounting literature on the oil and gas industry, notes Ernst & Young (E&Y) in a chapter included in Oil & Gas Exploration and Production in India: A Reference Book, from Infraline (www.infraline.com), . . .
- Ongc Wants To Buy Back Ioc's Share In Company (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Nov 28, 2005)
IOC holds 9.6% equity in ONGC, to use sale proceeds to fund foreign buyouts.
- Govt Lets Oil Firms Sell Stakes Worth $5.5 Bn (Hindustan Times, Reuters, Nov 28, 2005)
The cabinet has allowed state oil firms to sell stakes in other energy companies valued at about Rs 250 billion ($5.5 billion).
- Ongc Wants To Buy Back Ioc's Share In Company (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 27, 2005)
IOC holds 9.6% equity in ONGC, to use sale proceeds to fund foreign buyouts.
- Ongc Wants To Buy Back Ioc's Share In Company (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 26, 2005)
IOC holds 9.6% equity in ONGC, to use sale proceeds to fund foreign buyouts
- A Boon For Oil Psus (The Financial Express, S NARAYAN, Nov 26, 2005)
The initial government decision to get PSU oil companies to buy shares in each other had two objectives—one was to shore up government finances,
- Let Go (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 26, 2005)
The government’s decision to allow IOC, ONGC and GAIL to decide on the fate of their cross-holding is a long awaited, but no-less-welcome move.
- Environment-Friendly Fuels In Bangalore Soon (Hindu, P. Manoj, Nov 26, 2005)
GAIL, Bharat Petroleum to sign MoU on Monday
KSRTC ready to switch over to CNG if it is freely available in State
Availability of PNG, CNG will check illegal diversion of LPG cylinders
Use of such fuels will reduce pollution level
- Asian Oil Stakeholders Agree On Regional Order (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 26, 2005)
Steps to be taken to network the knowledge-base of countries
- Ioc To Sell, Ongc To Keep Stake (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 26, 2005)
Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) plans to offload its 9.6 per cent holding in the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) in three tranches depending on the requirement of funds by the company. The first tranche of ONGC’s shares may be sold in the next fiscal,
- Gail, Eil Say No To Special Payout (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 24, 2005)
The GAIL (India) Ltd and the Engineers India Ltd have turned down government’s request to pay special dividends to its shareholders
- Yes, It’S Dabhol Again! (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Nov 24, 2005)
The much-toted government-aided ‘settlement’ of the beleaguered Dabhol (now Ratnagiri) power project has quite literally run out of gas! The settlement meant haircuts all around as part of an exit price paid to foreign lenders and equity holders.
- Gail, Hpcl In Pact For E&p, City Gas Projects (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 17, 2005)
For pursuing exploration and production (E&P) opportunities in India and overseas, GAIL (India) Ltd and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) on Wednesday inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU).
- Gail, Hpcl To Jointly Bid For Oil Assets (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 17, 2005)
GAIL India Ltd and refining firm Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd will jointly bid for oil exploration and production abroad, company officials said on Wednesday.
- Bomb Blast Near Kfc In Karachi, 2 Killed (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 16, 2005)
A car bomb exploded outside a KFC fast-food restaurant in Karachi on Tuesday, killing two people and wounding about 15, some critically, police and doctors said.c
- Blast Outside Karachi Kfc (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 16, 2005)
A car bomb exploded outside a KFC fast-food restaurant in Karachi today, killing three people and wounding 15 in an attack thought to have been carried out by Islamist militants,
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