Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) today approved the award of 44 oil and gas exploration blocks under the seventh round of auction of the New Exploration Licensing Policy (Nelp-VII). The allotment is expected to attract investments of $1.5 billion, around 57 per cent less than the $3.5 billion …
NEW DELHI: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Thursday gave the go ahead for awarding 44 oil and gas exploration blocks with Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) bagging the maximum along with its partners and first timers BHP Billiton-GVK Power. This initiative to reduce reliance on imported energy …
Not everybody is enthused by the crashing international crude prices. As prices dip below the strategically-significant $60 per barrel mark, recent investments made in exploration and production (E&P;) activities in India could come under a cloud. Investments in E&P; have gained momentum since 2006, while crude prices touched a high …
Press Trust Of India / New Delhi November 07, 2008, 0:34 IST Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), the country's largest oil producer, is looking at an initial public offering (IPO) of its subsidiary that is building a Rs 13,600-crore petrochemical plant at Dahej in Gujarat. ONGC is considering selling …
Nellore, Oct. 31: The district authorities on Friday alerted the Oil and Natural Gas Commission after noticing fire coming out of a bore drilled in an aqua-culture pond in Mypadu, 30 km away from here. The blaze is emerging around 15 to 20 feet from the ground level and is …
The inauguration of the clearing house for Coal Bed Methane (CBM) this November at Central Mine Planning and Design Institute (CMPDI) here would be a high-voltage affair. For, officials from the energy department of the US and the country
Press Trust Of India / New Delhi October 14, 2008, 0:57 IST State-run Oil and Natural Gas Corp and Gujarat State Petroleum Corp are likely to fetch a minimum of 20 per cent premium over the $4.2 per million unit price fixed for Reliance Industries' gas field. UBS Investment Research, …
NAZIRA, Oct 13: The ONGC(L) though booking profits from the crude oil of Asom yet it seems to be reluctant to give thought to the problems of oil field areas. Such an oil field is Geleki where more than 20 oil drilling stations are there. The drilling stations are polluting …
NEW DELHI: Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Mangalore Petrochemicals Limited (OMPL), a special purpose vehicle to execute the Rs. 6,400-crore aromatic petrochemical complex at Mangalore, has mandated SBI Caps to arrange for funds for the $1.52 billion project. The company plans to borrow around $1 billion to fund the project. …
Shishir Prashant / Dehradun October 03, 2008, 0:31 IST Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) intends to enter the nuclear energy sector following all clearances to the Indo-US nuclear deal, according to its Chairman-cum-Managing Director RS Sharma.
This report of the standing committee on petroleum and natural gas deals with the action taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in the 17th report (14th Lok Sabha) of the standing committee on petroleum & natural gas (2007-2008) on
NEW DELHI: Petroleum Secretary R. S. Pandey on Thursday ruled out raising the price of gas produced from the fields operated by the state-run firms like Oil and Natural Gas Corporation and Oil India.
Pune, September 24 In what could prove to be a path-breaking discovery for the Oil exploration and production business, scientists at Agharkar Research Institute (ARI), Pune have identified environment friendly bacteria that allows extraction of oil at temperatures more than 90 degrees Celsius. Even as microbial enhanced oil recovery (MEOR) …
Pune, September 23 In what could prove to be a path-breaking discovery for the oil exploration and production business, scientists at Agharkar Research Institute (ARI), Pune have identified environment friendly bacteria that allows extraction of oil at temperatures more than 90 degrees Celsius. Even as microbial enhanced oil recovery (MEOR) …
To invest $5 b in developing gas finds in the Eastern offshore KG basin blocks SETTING SIGHTS HIGH: R. S. Sharma (right), Chairman and Managing Director, ONGC, with A. K. Balyan, Director (Human Resource), addressing the media in New Delhi on Friday. NEW DELHI: Seeking to set high standards in …
Maulik Pathak / Ahmedabad September 17, 2008, 0:54 IST After unveiling its plans to harness wind energy, ONGC, the country's leading crude and gas producer, now plans to foray into solar and geothermal energy. The company is in talks with four companies, including a US-based firm, for setting up a …
Samudra Gupta Kashyap Guwahati, August 28: Six days after a strike called by a student body over alleged damage to a protected monument brought drilling operations in Upper Assam to a grinding halt, the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has offered to take up protection and conservation of all …
