On a sequential basis, however, the compressed natural gas (CNG) distribution company's net profit fell 26.6 per cent from Rs 534.8 crore registered in Q2 FY24
Mahanagar Gas, the city utility arm of Gail India, on Friday announced a joint venture with Baidyanath LNG, the first domestic firm to set up LNG retailing outlets, to form Mahanagar LNG. The joint venture will focus on developing LNG infrastructure to cater to the increasing demand for clean and sustainable energy solutions for the long-haul and close-loop transportation segments, MGL said in a statement. The joint venture aims to set up six LNG stations in Maharashtra in the first phase and subsequently expand its footprint across the country, said MGL managing director Ashu Shinghal, who will also be the chairman of the new entity. GJPN Murthy, the chief executive of the JV company, said the new entity will help develop an LNG ecosystem in the country and assist the long-haul automotive and logistics industry in the adoption of cleaner fuel. Mahanagar Gas is one of the largest city gas distributors. It has over 27 years of experience in supplying natural gas in Mumbai and is ..
The partnership will consolidate demand for natural gas in India over a period of 10 years, beginning in 2026
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Till date gas consumption in FY24 is up 15 per cent YoY after three years of declines
State-owned oil and gas giants including IndianOil and GAIL (India) Ltd have been slapped with fines for the second quarter in a row for failing to meet listing requirements of having the requisite number of independent directors on board. Stock exchanges have fined oil refining and fuel marketing giant Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), explorers Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and Oil India Ltd, gas utility GAIL, refiners Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL), and Engineers India Ltd Rs 5.42 lakh, stock exchange filings showed. In separate filings, the companies detailed the fines imposed by the BSE and NSE but were quick to point out that appointment of directors was done by the government and they had no role in it. The fines were for not having the requisite independent directors in the second quarter. They had faced fines for the same reason in the first quarter as well. While the companies have now been slapped with a unifor
India's top gas firm GAIL has done the world's first ship-to-ship liquefied natural gas (LNG) transfer to save on shipping costs and cut emissions as the state-owned entity looks at innovative ways as a pivot to boost business, company officials said. GAIL has contracted 5.8 million tonnes per annum of LNG (natural gas super-cooled to liquid form) from the US. The company brings this volume to India via LNG ships. The ship typically travels a distance of about 19,554 nautical miles for a round trip to transport LNG from Sabine Pass in the US to India via the Suez Canal and Gibraltar. This journey takes approximately 54 days and emits about 15,600 tonnes of CO2. Emissions are generally controlled using the latest technology or changing the destination of the cargo. However, GAIL's innovative contractual arrangement that results in vessels following an optimised path has resulted in a significant reduction in CO2 emission. Recently, the company-hired vessel Castillo De Santisteban mov
State-owned gas utility GAIL (India) Ltd has signed a Rs 63,000-crore deal to source feedstock for its upcoming petrochemical plant at Usar in Maharashtra from Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd for 15 years, the two companies said. "The 15-year supply contract, estimated at a value of over Rs 63,000 crore, will see GAIL procuring 600,000 tonnes per annum of propane from BPCL's LPG import facility at Uran, which is presently capable of handling 1 million tonnes per annum of LPG imports and is undergoing expansion to accommodate 3 million tonnes a year of propane and butane imports," GAIL said in a statement. GAIL is constructing India's first propane dehydrogenation (PDH) plant at Usar in Maharashtra with a nameplate capacity of 500,000 tonnes per annum. The facility, which is likely to commence operations in 2025, will have a propylene production seamlessly integrated into a polypropylene (PP) plant of equal capacity. "This pioneering venture aligns perfectly with the surging demand
In Q2 FY24, the company's consolidated revenue from operations fell 14.6 per cent to Rs 33,049 crore from Rs 38,728 crore in the year-ago period
State-owned gas utility GAIL (India) Ltd on Tuesday reported a 56 per cent jump in its September quarter net profit as bumper earnings from gas transmission and marketing business offset petrochem losses. Standalone net profit of Rs 2,404.89 crore in July-September, or Rs 3.66 per share, was 54.4 per cent higher than Rs 1,537.07 crore, or Rs 2.34 a share, profit in the same period last year, according to the company's stock exchange filing. GAIL saw pre-tax earnings from its mainstay gas transportation business soar 82 per cent to Rs 1,290.65 crore in the second quarter of the current fiscal. Also, its pre-tax earnings from the marketing of natural gas also jumped almost 400 per cent to Rs 1,784.58 crore. Losses in the petrochemical business narrowed to Rs 160.61 crore from Rs 346.22 crore in July-September 2022. Its revenue from operations dropped to Rs 31,882.62 crore in July-September from Rs 38,490.89 crore on lower gas prices.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - State-run firms, Coal India, GAIL India, and Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers (RCF), will invest 30.95 billion rupees ($371.90 million) in their fertiliser joint venture in Odisha, two government officials told Reuters.
Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Monday said achieving the net zero emissions target by 2070 is "little too long-term", indicating that the country may achieve the milestone ahead of the deadline. Under the net zero target, India will completely switch to renewables by 2070. Addressing the 26th Energy Technology Meet, Puri said: "Our net zero target by 2070 is a little too long-term." He is of the view that India is moving fast towards energy transition and stated that for GAIL, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) and others the energy transition target is 2035 to 2040. He explained that energy transition in India will first be from fossil-based to cleaner fuels and further to renewables. He also noted that global uncertainty is a dynamic driver for energy transition. On the Israel-Palestine conflict, he said such crises make the energy transition faster towards biofuel, renewables etc. Israel came under attack by Hamas militants on Saturday and since then, both side
The ONGC board last week approved a financial restructuring of the petchem firm which had been making losses due to its high debt
Along with Executive Director (Projects) K B Singh of GAIL, four others have also been arrested, including Director of Vadodara-based Advance Infrastructures Surender Kumar, said officials
Stock exchanges have slapped fines on state-owned oil and gas firms including IOC, ONGC and GAIL for their failure to meet listing requirements of having a requisite number of independent directors and women directors. In separate filings, the companies detailed the fines imposed by the BSE and NSE but were quick to point out that appointment of directors was done by the government and they had no role in it. Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) was slapped a Rs 3.36 lakh fine, while Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) was asked to pay Rs 5.36 lakh fine. Gas utility GAIL was slapped Rs 2.71 lakh fine, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) Rs 3.59 lakh, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) Rs 3.6 lakh, Oil India Ltd Rs 5.37 lakh and a fine of Rs 5.37 lakh was imposed on Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL). Except for IOC which was slapped with the fine for not having the required one woman director on the board, all the companies were fined for violating the norm of
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Bourses slap penalties for lack of women directors, improper board composition
India's top gas firm GAIL (India) Ltd plans to invest Rs 30,000 crore in the next three years as it expands petrochemical capacity and scouts for LNG supplies globally, its chairman Sandeep Kumar Gupta said on Wednesday. The nation's top gas marketing and transportation firm is looking at liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a transport fuel, joining Essar-promoted GreenLine which operates the nation's largest LNG-powered fleet of heavy commercial vehicles. Speaking at the company's annual shareholders meeting, Gupta said the firm had a Rs 10,000 crore capex in the 2022-23 fiscal (April 2022 to March 2023). "The company is growing steadily and creating infrastructure facilities across the nation. We are targeting to incur a capex Rs 30,000 Crore in the next three years, mainly on pipelines, ongoing petrochemical Projects, CGD projects, operational capex, equity contribution in group companies etc," he said. With 15,600 kilometres of pipelines under operation and about 4,200 km of pipelin
MoU signed to expedite crossing permissions, resolve disputes
Indradhanush Gas Grid Limited (IGGL) and GAIL India have signed an interconnection agreement to connect the North East Gas Grid (NEGG) of IGGL with the Barauni Guwahati Pipeline (BGPL) of GAIL, according to an official release on Saturday. The agreement was signed by IGGL chief executive officer Ajit Kumar Thakur and GAIL's zonal chief general manager R Choudhury here on Friday. The interconnection agreement will facilitate connection of the NEGG with the BGPL at three locations - Jalpaiguri in West Bengal and Baihata and Panikhaiti in Assam, Thakur said. The interconnection agreement will pave the way for making the NEGG a part of the National Gas Grid, he said. The pipeline for interconnection will be laid by GAIL at an estimated cost of Rs 15.16 crore. The amount will be reimbursed by IGGL to GAIL. IGGL is laying the 1,656km-long NEGG at an estimated project cost of Rs 9,265 crore. The project has so far achieved a physical progress of 75 per cent with scheduled mechanical ...