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Supreme Court judgement dated 09/05/2013 in the matter of Arun Kumar Agrawal...
Supreme Court judgement dated 09/05/2013 in the matter of Arun Kumar Agrawal vs Union of India & Others on approval granted by GOI for the acquisition of majority stake in Cairn India...
View ArticleOilMin back to the table on gas pricing
The ministry will now have to come up with a revised Cabinet note, with fresh suggestions from other ministries
View ArticleIndia to import 20 mt of LNG: Moily
Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Veerappa Moily, on Tuesday, said various state-run companies in the oil and gas sectors had initiated talks with international players to buy as much as 20 millio
View ArticlePressured by PM, Cabinet may decide on natural gas pricing next week
The petroleum and natural gas ministry is expected to move a Cabinet note on gas pricing to the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) as early as next week, Veerappa Moily, minister of petro
View ArticleOil ministry clears $10 bn worth of pending projects
Over the last few months, the ministry of petroleum and natural gas (MoPNG) has cleared around 200 pending management committee (MC) resolutions involving oil and gas blocks operated by both public
View ArticleLaw Ministry for 5-year gas pricing regime
Paves the way for a new policy after CCEA approvalThe Law and Justice Ministry has favoured a stable, five-year gas pricing formula, and also advocated a single price for all sources of gas. This would...
View ArticleGas producer price in new regime to be $8.55: Petroleum Ministry
The row over the proposed increase in natural gas prices is set to flare up because the petroleum ministry has admitted that the producer price in the new regime starting April 2014 would be at lea
View ArticleDomestic natural gas price doubled
Cabinet nod to Rangarajan formula; price fixed at $8.4/mBtuThe Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Thursday decided to double the price of domestic natural gas, from $4.2 to $8.4 a million...
View ArticleGovt pumps up reforms, okays $8.4 price for gas
New Delhi : IN what could spur stagnant domestic production of natural gas, reduce the dependence of power and fertiliser companies on imports of expensive LNG and ease the subsidy burden on the fi
View ArticleDespite opposition, Cabinet approves gas price increase
Prices could double by 2014 leading to hike in power tariff and fertilizer costDespite opposition from within the Cabinet and outside, the Manmohan Singh government on Thursday approved a doubling of...
View ArticleNew Gas Pricing Formula to Boost CBM Production
Essar, Reliance aim to produce 6.5 mmscmd coal bed methane gas in next two years
View ArticleNGT directed petroleum ministry to spell out steps taken on oil leak
Holding that contamination of drinking water by the oil leak in North Chennai posed serious environment and health hazards to the people, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday directed the
View ArticleExplain measures to avoid oil leakage: NGT
Taking a serious view of the oil leakage from pipelines maintained by oil companies in north Chennai, the National Green Tribunal, Southern Bench, on Wednesday ordered that top officials of Union M
View ArticleSC seeks response from Centre, RIL, Moily on gas pricing
This, after PIL seeks rethink on govt's decision on gas pricing based on Rangarajan formulaThe Supreme Court today sought a response from the Centre and Reliance Industries on a public-interest...
View ArticleSupreme Court Sends Notice to Moily & RIL on Gas Price Hike
The Supreme Court on Monday issued notices to the government, Reliance Industries (RIL) and Oil Minister Veerappa Moily on a petition that challenges the Cabinet decision to raise natural gas price
View ArticleCNG vehicle drivers in Delhi to get insurance cover
Within the next three to four months, all the 2.5 lakh CNG vehicle drivers in the Capital will be covered by insurance policies with provisions for relief in case of accident, partial disability an
View ArticleOil leak companies plan to shift pipelines: Centre to HC
The Union ministry of petroleum and natural gas on Monday told the Southern Bench of the National Green Tribunal that the oil companies are contemplating shifting some of the pipelines from certain
View ArticleParliament report seeks review of increase in gas price
It suggested a comprehensive technical study on cost estimates of gas production, covering the aspects of cost recovery and technical parametersParliament’s standing committee on finance, headed by...
View ArticleReport confirms oil leak contaminated groundwater
“Presence of highly inflammable products can result in explosions in Tondiarpet”A preliminary investigation report on the recent oil leakage in Tondiarpet found that the groundwater in the north...
View ArticleIIT Madras confirms groundwater contamination in Tondiarpet
The groundwater in sample-tested areas of Tondiarpet, where an oil leak from a pipeline was reported in July, is severely contaminated with petroleum products, an IIT Madras team has said in its pr
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