Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur appearing in The Hindu dated 19.05.2025". The application is registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled 2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit …
Project to use UOP’s modular equipment to ensure quality, delivery and cost execution DES PLAINES, Ill., March18, 2014 – UOP LLC, a Honeywell (NYSE: HON) company, announced today that Pakistan Refinery Limited (PRL) willuse process technology and modular equipment from Honeywell’s UOP to help PRL meetgrowing domestic demand for gasoline. …
The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Monday issued notices to Reliance Industries (RIL), the CBI, Andhra Pradesh government, the Centre and the Directorate General of Hydrocarbons on the issue of gas supplies from KG-D6 Basin. Based on a petition filed by Palem Srikanth Reddy, president of the Jana Palana Party, …
Govt notification on $8.4 a unit price likely by month-end The price of domestic natural gas is set to double to around $8.4 a unit from April 1, with the government coming out with a notification on this by the end of this month. This is in spite of political …
The Comptroller & Auditor General has said the oil ministry and its technical arm DGH approved notification of now flagging gas discoveries in RIL’s KG-D6 block despite the company not doing enough appraisal. RIL had found gas in the Dhirubhai-1 and 3 wells in October 2002 and were declared commercially …
A scathing judgment issued by a U.S. judge this week against their lawyer will cast a long shadow over cases filed in Canada, Brazil and Argentina, where the plaintiffs are seeking Chevron assets as payment because the oil giant no longer has a presence in Ecuador. U.S. District Judge Lewis …
The state explorer's new chairman, D K Sarraf, says some gas might not be viable at even $8 an mBtu The government is under attack for allowing an increase in domestic gas prices from April 1 but state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corporation said on Tuesday production from its Krishna-Godavari …
BP Plc (BP/) was told by a federal appeals court to abide by terms of a $9.2 billion settlement with victims of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill after failing to satisfy judges that a claims administrator is misinterpreting the deal. BP, Europe’s second-largest oil company, must resume paying millions …
Ministry accepts in principle RIL formula to calculate bank guarantees, talks to be held today Unfazed by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s move to register a corruption case against Oil Minister Veerappa Moily and Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani for their alleged collusion in doubling the price of natural gas, …
The federal auditor in 2011 accused RIL of violating the terms of contract for the KG-D6 block off the AP coast but did not talk about loss to exchequer or impact on gas price. The CAG report on a special audit of RIL books for 2006-2008, when most major equipment …
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday ordered the filing of an FIR against Union Petroleum Minister M. Veerappa Moily, former Minister Murli Deora, Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL) chairman Mukesh Ambani and former Director General of Hydrocarbons V.K. Sibal for alleged collusion in fixing natural gas price through hoarding in …
The Comptroller & Auditor General (CAG) of India has asked the oil ministry to explain the delay in approving audited accounts of Reliance Industries-operated KG-D6 block since 2008-09, which the company said is affecting investor confidence. While Reliance accused the Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH) for raising minor issues to …
The Peruvian government has approved plans for gas company Pluspetrol to move deeper into a supposedly protected reserve for indigenous peoples and the buffer zone of the Manu National Park in the Amazon rainforest. The approval follows the government rescinding a highly critical report on the potential impacts of the …
A U.S. judge on Wednesday ordered Citgo Petroleum Corp to pay more than $2 million for violations of U.S. environmental laws over toxic emissions at the company's refinery in Corpus Christi, Texas, from 1994 to 2003. A jury convicted Citgo of illegally operating two tanks at its Corpus Christi refinery …
Shale gas offers a cheaper way to replace coal and cut greenhouse gas emissions than renewable power, BP's chief economist said on Tuesday, but dismissed claims that failure to develop it would drive industry out of Europe. The comments from one of energy's most senior economists feed into heated debate …
SURAT: Gujarat high court on Thursday issued notices to the ministry of petroleum, Government of India, GAIL and Gujarat Gas Company Limited (GGCL) in a petition filed by Surat Citizen Council Trust (SCCT) and Southern Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SGon the issue of injustice being meted out to …
One of BP's attempts to curb payouts for what it says are "fictitious" and "absurd" claims related to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill has failed after a legal appeal was rejected by a U.S. court. BP had argued in its appeal that the administration of a 2012 settlement …
Reversing the declining trend, Reliance Industries has ramped up gas production at KG-D6 fields by about 15% as it added the first production well on the eastern offshore fields in almost four years. RIL on January 2 began production from the MA-8 well to ramp up output from the KG-D6 …
The Supreme Court Monday said that the government’s decision to double the gas price from the Krishna-Godavari (K-G) basin will be subject to the court orders on the PIL led by CPI MP Gurudas Dasgupta, who has challenged the hike claiming it was done only to benefit Reliance Industries Ltd. …
Panel asks RIL to submit additional material to ascertain project’s impact on environment as it fears serious threat to marine life in the vicinity Veerappa Moily may have to deal with a Reliance problem again, this time in the environment ministry. Reliance Industries’ expansion plan for its facilities at the …
A new study has revealed that BP gulf oil spill is still influencing dolphin mortality, prognosis and reproductive health. Scientists caught dolphins in Barataria Bay (BB), Louisiana, and a site thought to be uncontaminated, and found that forty-eight per cent dolphins were given a guarded or worse prognosis, and 17 …
