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 wait for the east coast to have a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal might get longer, with Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd (BPCL) and Oil and Natural Gas Corp Ltd (ONGC), the two state-run companies that had proposed to jointly develop a terminal in Mangalore, putting the plan on hold. …
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) has fixed the capacity of Reliance Gas Transportation Infrastructure Ltd’s (RGTIL) East-West gas pipeline at 85 million standard cubic meters per day. East-West pipeline, which ferries gas from Reliance Industries’ eastern offshore KG-D6 fields from its landfall point at Kakinada in Andhra …
IOC, the largest fuel retailer, will receive a government subsidy of about 161 billion rupees India will pay 300 billion rupees to state-owned fuel retailers forced to sell at cheaper government-set rates in the first half of the year, said three sources who saw the finance ministry's confirmation letter. The …
The district administration will soon chalk out recommendations on royalty for farm land use by the ONGC for its oil pipelines in the district. This was among the significant agreements chalked out at ‘peace talks’ held between the stakeholders, in the presence of the Revenue Divisional Officer here late on …
Taking stock of the oil spill in Nagapattinam district in Tamil Nadu where a leak from an abandoned ONGC pipeline affected a large area of under-cultivation farmland, Union Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan said Tuesday she would apprise Petroleum Minister Veerappa Moily of the losses suffered by the farmers and also …
The Union Environment and Forests Ministry will take up with the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas the issue of according systemic protocol for monitoring pipelines to prevent oil spill, Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jayanthi Natarajan said here on Tuesday. Taking suo motu cognisance of a …
Environment ministry could review the rules for green clearances and regulation of more than 40,000 km of oil and gas pipelines spread across the country. The move comes after Union environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan made a spot visit to the second oil spill in a year from an ONGC pipe …
Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan rushed to Nagapattinam in Tamil Nadu on Monday night to inspect a massive crude oil spill from a pipeline belonging to the Oil and Natural Gas Commission. The Environment Ministry received reports that around 100 acres of farmland in a village in Nagapattinam were destroyed due …
Mumbai Soaring crude prices and pressure back home to keep rates lower is forcing government-run hydrocarbon firms to diversify into non-oil and gas sectors. Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), which supplies crude to oil refiners at a lower price as part of a government subsidy plan, said its board …
AGARTALA, Nov 1 – The State government has approved a joint venture of ONGC and Tata Chemicals to set up a gas-based urea fertilizer plant in the State. The plant is expected to come up in the North District to ensure supply of natural gas from Khubal, located near Panisagar, …
Attributes Jaipal’s ouster to his refusal to carry out Mukesh Ambani’s diktat India Against Corruption on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on the NDA government as well as the Manmohan Singh government for protecting the interests of corporates, especially Reliance Industries Limited (RIL). It demanded that the government’s contract with …
Agartala: State-owned ONGC’s proposed gas-based fertiliser plant in Tripura would meet the growing shortage of urea in the eastern and northeastern states of India and neighbouring Bangladesh, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said here Wednesday. ONGC in association with Tata Chemicals and the Tripura government would set up a Rs.5,000 …
A deepwater well in a Krishna Godavari basin block operated by state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) has been leaking gas for two months and there are now fears of environment damage due to the uncontrolled flow. The well G-1-9 in Bay of Bengal has been leaking gas since …
New Delhi India's natural gas production dropped nearly 15 per cent in September as Reliance Industries eastern offshore KG-D6 field continue to decline. Gas production at 3.36 billion cubic meters in September was 14.8 per cent lower than 3.95 bcm a year ago, according to latest data released by the …
Gujarat State Petroleum Corp (GSPC) going solo in acquisition of British energy major BG Group's stake in Gujarat Gas Co Ltd (GGCL) was a result of Oil Ministry blocking its PSUs from joining the Gujarat government firm. Originally, a consortia of GSPC, Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) and Bharat …
While announcing its results, Cairn India had said, a ?high-value, high-risk? prospect had been identified in the Ravva field Cairn India, along with its partners Ravva Oil, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and Videocon Industries, plans to invest about Rs 530 crore in new wells, which would help boost …
Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) on Sunday inaugurated a Rs 6,060-crore facility on the country’s biggest oil field to replace a massive platform that was gutted in a devastating fire seven years ago, killing 22 people and costing its then chairman Subir Raha his job. The commissioning of Mumbai …
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and GAIL (India) are keen on picking up stake in the Rs.5,000-crore Kochi petrochemical project being executed by Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) in joint venture with LG Chemicals of South Korea. “We have got written proposal from several companies to join the project. …
New Delhi Petrol price may be cut by about Rs 1.60 per litre later this month as appreciation of rupee against the US dollar has helped state firms make profit on the fuel. Indian rupee appreciated to five-month high since the government announced allowing foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand …
INDIA-: ONGC, IOC, Oil India bid for Conoco Canada oil assets A trio of state-controlled oil companies on Monday said it has bid $5 billion for stakes in Canadian oil sands assets owned by ConocoPhillips , in what could be the next major test of Canada's appetite for foreign investment …
