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OIL registers record in crude production
DULIAJAN, Sept 6 – Nation’s second largest oil company, Oil India Limited,a Navaratna PSU achieved yet another milestone by producing 10000 MT crude oil per day, which is equivalent to 3.65 MTPA on August 15, this year, the day, the nation was celebrating the 64th Independence day.
Oil India’s crude oil production was 3.1 MMT in 2007-08.
07/09/2010
Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
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HPCL plans refinery in Maharashtra
NEW DELHI: Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL) is understood to have finalised plans to set up a 9-million tonnes refinery in Maharashtra with an investment of around Rs.15,000 crore.
Official sources said the Maharasthra Government had offered land places and the company was in the process of giving a final shape to the proposal.
03/09/2010
Hindu (New Delhi)
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Petroleum exploration deed inked
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry has provided a block in the 609 sq-km Sohagpur Coalfield, in Madhya Pradesh's Shahdol and Umaria districts, to France-based Geopetrol International Incorporated consortium Reliance Natural Limited and Reliance Infrastructure Ltd for prospecting coal-bed methane.
A petroleum exploration deed was inked here yesterday by the consortium's members and the state
20/08/2010
Central Chronicle (Bhopal)
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Fuel crisis likely if channel is not cleared soon
Rahi Gaikwad Mumbai: The closure of the Mumbai port and the suspension of cargo movement into the city have sparked fears of fuel shortage in Maharashtra. The port was closed on Sunday, a day after merchant vessel MSC Chitra collided with m.v.
11/08/2010
Hindu (New Delhi)
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BP aims to kill spill well, weighs sale of assets
BP may permanently shut the well that caused the worst off-shore oil spill in US history as early as Monday, the company said as speculation grew over assets it might sell to cover mounting costs.
30/07/2010
Financial Express (New Delhi)
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Officials ready criminal probe of oil spill: Report
Several US government agencies are preparing a criminal probe of at least three companies involved in the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, though it could take more than a year before any charges are filed, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday.
29/07/2010
Business Standard (New Delhi)
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EGoM to discuss ways to prioritise applicants seeking gas allocation
Concerned that the country would not have gas supply to the tune of over 450 million standard cubic metre per day (mmscmd) required for its greenfield and brownfield power projects in the foreseeable future, the Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) is likely to discuss ways of prioritising the applicants through a three-way plan.
27/07/2010
Indian Express (New Delhi)
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Energy Academy in Ganjam district soon
BHUBANESWAR: A consortium headed by the Greenko group has submitted a proposal to the State Government to set up an ‘energy and oil city’ at Sonepur in Ganjam district.
Director of Sonepur Energy and Oil City Private Limited, constituted by the consortium, SK Challamsetty today met Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at the Secretariat and submitted the proposal.
27/07/2010
New Indian Express (Bhubaneswar)
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U.S. Court halts Arctic oil drilling for review
The judge said the record reflected missing information about the Chukchi Sea environment and effects of lease sale on wildlife
A US Washington, July 22: A US judge ordered a halt to offshore oil and gas drilling off the north coast of Alaska for a new environmental review.
23/07/2010
Asian Age (New Delhi)
