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Govt nears approval of ₹30,000 cr LPG relief for OMCs via excise funds

The government is set to compensate OMCs for ₹30,000 crore LPG losses through excise duty collections, easing subsidy burden without straining the expenditure budget

Centre plans to make registration mandatory for vegetable oil units

The government proposes mandatory registration for all vegetable oil producers under a new amendment to the Vegetable Oil Products, Production, and Availability Order of 2011

ONGC makes promising oil, gas discoveries in Mumbai offshore basin

State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has made promising offshore oil and gas discoveries in the Mumbai Offshore basin that could help augment production in the near future. The discoveries have been made in blocks awarded under the Open Acreage Licensing Policy (OALP) regime, the state-owned firm said in its fourth-quarter earnings statement. The discoveries, which have been named Suryamani and Vajramani, were made in OALP-VI block MB-OSHP-2020/2 and OALP-III block MB-OSHP- 2018/1, both in the offshore Mumbai basin. Exploratory well MBS202HAA-1 on Block MB-OSHP-2020/2 flowed 2,235 barrels per day of oil and 45,181 million cubic metres a day of gas during testing done in the January-March quarter. "This is the first discovery in Basal Clastics in OALP Block MB-OSHP-2020/2. The success in well MBS202HAA-1 was notified as New Prospect Discovery and rechristened as 'Suryamani'," ONGC said. Subsequently, during the current quarter, a second zone was tested on the same wel

OMCs to get compensation for ₹30,000 crore LPG under-recovery in FY26

Petroleum Ministry officials say long-term solutions are needed as global LPG prices rise and subsidy burdens on OMCs become increasingly unsustainable

IOCL Q4 results: Net profit rises 58% to ₹8,124 crore, revenue down by 1%

Falling expenses, inventory gains, relatively stable GRMs helped push up net profit

India drew $36 bn investment from pre-2014 NELP bid rounds: Oil ministry

India attracted over USD 36 billion investment from nine NELP bid rounds held before 2014, and has so far yielded 177 oil and gas discoveries, according to a report commissioned by the Petroleum Ministry. Under the New Exploration Licensing Policy (NELP), blocks were awarded to bidders promising maximum exploration, allowing them to recover investments from oil and gas they discover and produce before sharing profits with the government. In 2016, this was replaced by a revenue-sharing model, where blocks go to firms offering the highest share of output to the government. The 254 blocks awarded in nine bid rounds of NELP between 1999 and 2010 attracted USD 17.6 billion investment in exploration that led to 67 oil discoveries and 110 gas finds, and another USD 18.64 billion in development of some of those discoveries. The 144 blocks awarded in eight big rounds of Open Acreage Licensing Policy (OALP) from 2018 to 2022 saw USD 1.37 billion investment in exploration, leading to 6 oil ..

Sugar vs Oil: Which is healthier or more harmful? All details inside

Sugar and oil are two of the most debated ingredients in our diet. According to doctors, consuming a diet heavy in either fat or sugar may be harmful to the liver. So let's know more about it

Govt likely to use reserve oil funds to finance fertiliser subsidy gap

The Oil Industry Development Act allows for the OIDF money to be utilised for fertilisers

Trump revives 'Drill, baby, drill' slogan, fuels debate on US energy policy

The slogan 'Drill, baby, drill' was coined in 2008 by Michael Steele, a Republican politician and the first African-American lieutenant governor of Maryland

Unlocking potential: India's path to a robust petrochemical industry

With a market size of $220 billion, the Indian chemicals and petrochemicals sector contributes about 6 per cent to the GDP and provides employment to over 5 million people

IOC pact gives us access to 37K retailers, 13K LPG distributors: Maini

This partnership allows us to access IOC's 37,000 retail outlets and 13,000 LPG distributors, and they have a very strong brand presence, he says

Veteran oil and gas exec Naresh Nayyar appointed to board of EET Fuels

Veteran oil and gas executive Naresh Nayyar has been appointed on the board of directors of EET Fuels, the firm that owns the UK's Stanlow refinery, said on Wednesday. Nayyar has been appointed as non-executive director. The appointment was agreed on October 2, 2024. "Renowned for steering multi-billion-dollar projects and orchestrating turnarounds, Naresh is a seasoned expert in oil and gas market development," a company statement said. He had previously worked as chief executive officer and managing director of Essar Oil Limited (then India's second-largest private oil company that got acquired by Rosneft of Russia) and chief executive officer of Essar Energy Plc UK (then a FTSE 100 energy company). Essar owned and operated the Stanlow refinery and last year it created a new entity, Essar Energy Transition (EET), to control its various businesses and drive USD 3.6 billion worth of low carbon projects in the UK and India. EET Fuels is part of EET. "Leading Essar Oil UK Limited a

Reliance's O2C business likely to face pressure for rest of FY25: Analysts

Challenges in retail and refining remain key to reversing downgrade cycle, say analysts

RIL Q2 results: Net profit slips 5% to Rs 16,563 crore on weak fuel biz

This is the third consecutive quarter the company has reported a decline in profits owing to weakness in its oil-to-chemicals (O2C) business. RIL's Q2 profits also missed street estimates

Oil moguls emerge as key cash source for Donald Trump as race nears its end

Oil executives and employees have grown in significance for Trump as his fundraising base has narrowed

Haldia Petrochemicals signs 10-yr pact with QatarEnergy for naphtha supply

'Deal reaffirms commitment to be part of India's economic growth trajectory,' says Qatar's energy minister

After lacklustre Q4 results, headwinds persist for Indian Oil stock

The core GRM per barrel in Q4FY24 was actually around $10.6 and the core GRM for FY25-26 could bottom out at $9

Tamilnadu Petroproducts Q3 result: Hit by cyclone, PAT drops to Rs 2.44 cr

Petrochemical manufacturing company Tamilnadu Petroproducts Ltd has recorded a standalone profit after tax for the October-December 2023 quarter at Rs 2.44 crore, following the impact of cyclone Michaung which led to disruption in manufacturing facilities. The city-based company, part of the AM International - Singapore, had posted a standalone net profit at Rs 25.23 crore, during the corresponding quarter of last year. For the nine months period ending December 31, 2023 the standalone net profit stood at Rs 31.82 crore, as against Rs 79.40 crore registered a year ago. "In the quarter (October-December 2023) we encountered challenges due to the cyclone, leading to disruptions in our manufacturing facilities and loss of plant and machinery. Despite these obstacles, we have successfully restored our operations, minimising disruptions to our customer delivery schedule" said TPL Vice Chairman Ashwin Muthiah. The standalone total income during the quarter under review slipped to Rs 351.

Essar to speed up CBM plans; to raise output to 5 mmscmd in 3-4 years

Essar Oil and Gas Exploration & Production Ltd is speeding up capital expenditure plans to explore and produce unconventional hydrocarbons that will help raise gas output at its flagship block to about 5 million standard cubic meters per day from less than 1 mmscmd now, its CEO said. EOGEPL is India's largest producer of Coal-Bed Methane (CBM) which just like conventional gas can be used as CNG in automobiles or as feedstock in industries. Buoyed by investor-friendly upstream policy reforms in recent years, including providing marketing and pricing freedom for CBM, the firm is drilling more wells, including horizontal ones, that will help tap into wider resources lying below coal seam in its Raniganj East block in West Bengal, EOGEPL CEO Pankaj Kalra told reporters on the sidelines of the India Energy Week. The firm currently produces 0.9 mmscmd of gas or 1 per cent of India's total gas output. "Our drilling campaign will see production rise to 2.3-2.4 mmscmd in the next 14-15 ...

IEA will expedite 2025 oil demand forecast after Opec's early move

OPEC believes oil use will keep rising over the next two decades, while the IEA, which represents industrialised countries, predicts it will peak by 2030