Natural Gas Exploration

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding violation of environmental norms by a tyre pyrolysis plant, village Sakauti, Shamli, Uttar Pradesh, 28/05/2025

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Dr. Amit Kumar Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 28/05/2025. The applicant has raised a grievance against setting up of a tyre pyrolysis plant by M/s Adideva Carbon LLP. According to the applicant, the tyre pyrolysis plant has …

Tripura government encourages gas exploration drive

The Tripura government is encouraging exploration agencies, including state-owned companies ONGC and GAIL, to go for massive gas exploration drive in the state. Besides ONGC and GAIL, the state government has allowed two private companies - Jubilant Oil and Gas Pvt Ltd and Agarawal Business Group - to do the …

40 miners die in 2 coal mine blasts in south-west China

The death toll from two separate colliery accidents in south-west China has risen to 40, even as the authorities blamed illegal mining for the tragedies. Rescuers have saved 80 miners, while 28 others were confirmed dead in the gas explosion that took place yesterday in Taozigou coal mine in S-W …

Cairn India: A large portion of KG block not conducive for exploration

Cairn India has written to the oil ministry stating that a large portion of its KG basin block is not conducive for exploration as the cabinet committee on investment (CCI) retained ‘No Go’ restrictions on the middle part of the diagonally square block. The CCI had earlier this year lifted …

Govt may price gas $2 below Rangarajan panel suggestion

Domestic gas prices may be fixed at $2 lower than the $8.8-per-unit price discovered by the Rangarajan commitee constituted to suggest changes in the production-sharing contract and future domestic gas-pricing mechanism. Sources said the oil ministry agreed to the basic principle of gas pricing suggested by the panel, but wants …

RIL may get nod for investing $1.5bn in 5-yr-old Cauvery find

New Delhi: Reliance Industries (RIL) may this month win approval for $1.45-billion investment for developing a natural gas find it has made in a Cauvery basin block off the Tamil Nadu coast several years ago. RIL had made the only discovery in the CY-DWN-2001/2 block in 2007 and had submitted …

Govt yet to make up mind on Rangarajan panel proposals

The Rangarajan committee report was facing flak from the finance, power and fertiliser ministries over its recommendations on pricing The fate of the Rangarajan Committee's recommendations is hanging in the balance after the postponement of a meeting of empowered group of ministers (EGoM) on natural gas. Not only does there …

RIL reports first KG gas strike in 5 yrs

New Delhi: Reliance Industries (RIL) has struck a gas pool in the first exploration well dug in more than five years in its showcase Andhra offshore field that has seen production dropping to less than half the quantity for which expenditure was approved. Sources in the know said drilling of …

ONGC intends to set up own power plants

As per the contract, the service partner KRPEL will bring the investment and expertise to rejuvenate the depleted fields of the ONGC ONGC Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) chairman and managing director Sudhir Vasudeva said that the state-run enterprise intends to set up its own power plants, not …

Tk 4,000 cr project to boost gas exploration

The energy ministry has undertaken 13 projects for Tk 4000 crore to boost the country's gas exploration and the transmission network to meet huge demand of gas in the industrial sector. The projects would be funded by the Gas Development Fund (GDF), sources said. The ministry has finalized on priority …

Oilmin proposes body for shale gas exploration

India is set to join a select group of countries having a specialised agency mapping its shale gas potential. A proposal to this effect has already been worked out by the oil ministry. The proposed agency will fall under the central government. It will have the mandate to map the …

Green nod to Essar Oil's Raniganj block

In a move that could give a fillip to India's unconventional gas production, the ministry of environment and forests has given the phase-III clearance for Essar Oil's Raniganj block in West Bengal. The company will now be able to drill up to 650 wells, compared with the current 135. The …

Oil & gas sector calls FM's budget negative

Scrips of RIL, ONGC down The Finance Minister's announcement for the oil and gas companies did not cheer key players in the industry. Industry players gave a thumbs down to FM's proposal to review the oil and gas exploration policy and move from profit sharing to revenue sharing contracts. "The …

DGH holds back approval for KG-D6 work programme

The Directorate-General of Hydrocarbons (DGH) has held back approvals for work programme (WP) and budget for KG-DWN-98/3 (KG-D6) block for 2012-13 and 2013-14, seeking an explanation on various issues including not drilling the approved development wells and failing to adhere to the management committee (MC)-approved plans. In a letter to …

Arctic needs protection from resource rush as ice melts, says UN

The Arctic needs to be better protected from a rush for natural resources as melting ice makes mineral and energy exploration easier, the United Nations' Environment Programme (UNEP) said. The UNEP Year Book 2013 was released on Monday to accompany the opening of talks in Nairobi attended by environment ministers …

Politics hamper bid to unlock French coal mine gas riches

After slamming the door on developing shale gas over environmental concerns, France has discovered there could be at least five years worth of another cheap-to-produce gas in the former coal mining region of Lorraine. But divisions in Francois Hollande's government, as with shale gas, are hampering efforts to develop so-called …

Arctic needs protection from resource rush as ice melts: U.N. body

The Arctic needs to be better protected from a rush for natural resources as melting ice makes mineral and energy exploration easier, the United Nations' Environment Programme (UNEP) said. The UNEP Year Book 2013 was released on Monday to accompany the opening of talks in Nairobi attended by environment ministers …

India Seeks Stake in Turkmenistan’s Gas Fields

New Delhi has requested Turkmenistan to give equity in the exploration and production blocks to Gail India wants a share in gas fields in Turkmenistan from where the proposed $9-billion transnational gas pipeline will cross terrorist-infested regions of Afghanistan and Pakistan to deliver gas across the Punjab border. “India is …

NY fracking decision faces further delay on health study

New York State's decision to lift a four-year ban on natural gas drilling faced further delay on Tuesday after officials conducting a key health impact study asked for more time to form their conclusions on the divisive issue. The New York Department of Health, which has been commissioned to study …

U.S. senate panel mulls future of natural gas policy

U.S. natural gas policy, from hydraulic fracturing to exports, came under the microscope on Tuesday as environmental and industry groups presented their views on the issue to Congress and divided along mostly familiar lines. On a day U.S. President Barack Obama is set to lay out his agenda in the …

RIL wants CAG audit under production sharing contract

It seeks Petroleum Ministry’s intervention to ensure audit of KG-D6 block is not carried out under CAG (DPC) Act The Mukesh-Ambani-owned Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) has written to the Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry seeking its intervention and an assurance that the audit of the KG-D6 block by the Comptroller …

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