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ONGC opens well in Bay of Bengal's KG basin to increase oil production

State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) on Sunday said it has opened another well on its flagship deep-sea project in Krishna Godavari basin in Bay of Bengal, which will help augment production of crude oil and natural gas. In January this year, ONGC had started producing oil, which is converted into fuels like petrol and diesel in refineries, from the KG-DWN-98/2 or KG-D5 block. "On August 24, 2024, ONGC marked a significant milestone by starting production from its fifth oil well in the Block KG-DWN-98/2 Cluster-2 asset," the firm said in a stock exchange filing on Sunday. "Leveraging the floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel, ONGC has begun transporting and sale of associated gas, all the while underscoring its commitment to achieving zero gas flaring." It, however, did not state how much the new well was producing. With this, ONGC also successfully commissioned its gas export line from the offshore-to-onshore terminal. "Earlier in January, oil

Oil, gas exploration offers $100 bn opportunity: Hardeep Singh Puri

Oil marketing companies in talks with Russia for long-term deal, say officials

Reliance Industries' subsidiary Ethane plans over $500 mn offshore loan

In 2016, Reliance Ethane had raised a loan of $572 million with a 12-year tenor to purchase six new ethane carriers

Asia shares inch higher as investors confident about US Fed's Sept rate cut

Oil prices gained on strong summer fuel demand and potential supply disruptions from Gulf of Mexico hurricanes

Govt headhunter interviews eight people for HPCL top post; rejects them all

The government headhunter PESB has rejected all candidates it interviewed for the top job at Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL), the third instance in as many years that the board has not found any suitable candidate for the role in a state oil firm. The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) on June 14 interviewed eight candidates, including a director on the HPCL board and managing director of Indraprastha Gas Ltd (IGL), but rejected them all. "The Board did not recommend any candidate for the post of chairman and managing director (CMD) HPCL and advised the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas to choose an appropriate course of further action for selection, including the Search-Cum-Selection Committee (SCSC) or as deemed appropriate with the approval of the competent authority," the PESB panel said in a notification. The HPCL CMD post will fall vacant on September 1, 2024, when the incumbent Pushp Kumar Joshi retires on attaining a superannuation age of 60 years. The .

Oil future prices head for weekly gain on solid 2024 demand outlook

US consumer sentiment weakened in June to a seven-month low as inflation and income worries linger, a survey showed on Friday

ONGC seeks technical help to raise oil, gas output at Mumbai High field

State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) is seeking help from an internationally-proven technical service provider to raise oil and gas production from its flagship but old and maturing Mumbai field in the Arabian Sea. The firm has floated an international tender to identify the service provider who will help raise production from the field, ONGC said in a post on X. "The giant multi-layered Mumbai High field, which commenced production 48 years ago in 1976, is currently in its mature stage of production and ONGC has implemented a number of schemes in this field to improve production," it said. "As a custodian and operator of Mumbai High field, ONGC is keen to collaborate with a global technical service provider. The service provider would be contracted for 10 years, extendable by another five years." Mumbai High field lies 160 kilometres off the coast of Mumbai and produces about 38 per cent of India's oil production. While it hit a peak output of 40,000 barrels per day

Further output cut by Opec+ may not affect India's oil supply: Officials

Officials said that temporary fluctuations in oil price as a result of soaring logistics costs and piracy risks may affect Indian oil supplies more

OPEC meeting to shape India's Russian oil purchases as May levels stay high

Bloc members led by Saudi Arabia and Russia are holding a ministerial meeting on June 2 to decide the fate of global oil production

ConocoPhillips to buy Marathon Oil in $22.5 bn deal in latest energy merger

Shares of Marathon Oil rose 9% to $28.85, while ConocoPhillips fell 3.8% to $115.10 in morning trading

Impact of Iranian President Raisi's death on oil, gold and stock market

Oil prices shot up following the news of Raisi's helicopter crash in Asian Markets; OPEC and its allies are expected to meet on June 1

Oil prices climb amid uncertainty over Iran President Raisi's fate

A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi crashed on Sunday, Iranian officials said

Brazil pushes out Petrobras CEO, names ex-regulator to top job; shares dip

New York-listed shares of Petrobras fell more than 6% in after-hours trading as news broke that Prates was headed for the exit

Saudi Aramco maintains $31 bn dividend despite lower net income in Q1

The Saudi government, which directly holds about 82.2 per cent of Aramco, relies heavily on the company's payouts, which also include royalties and taxes

Crude oil processing volumes rose to 23.4 mmt in March: PPAC data

Domestic crude production exhibited steady levels, at 2.5 MMT in the latest month. The production marked a sequential rise of 16.2 per cent from the 2.15 MMT registered in February

China's crude throughput up 1.3% in March, oil production at highest

China's crude imports slipped 6.23 per cent in March on the year to stand at 11.55 million bpd

As talks with Kurds fail, Iraq repairs pipeline to supply oil to Turkey

The reopening of the Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline, which has been shut for a decade, would provide a rival route to a pipeline from the Kurdistan region that has been shut for a year

Rupee turns flat at 83.33 against US dollar amid high crude oil prices

The rupee turned flat at 83.33 against the US dollar in early trade on Thursday amid a strong American currency and higher crude oil prices. Forex traders said the positive equity markets and inflow of foreign funds resisted the fall in the Indian currency. At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened at 83.32 and lost further to trade at the previous closing level of 83.33 against the greenback in initial deals. On Wednesday, the rupee declined 4 paise to close at 83.33 against the US dollar. Meanwhile, the dollar index, which gauges the greenback's strength against a basket of six currencies, was trading 0.01 per cent higher at 104.07. Brent crude futures, the global oil benchmark, rose 0.53 per cent to USD 86.56 per barrel. In the domestic equity market, the 30-share BSE Sensex was trading 170.43 points, or 0.23 per cent, higher at 73,166.74 points. The broader NSE Nifty rose 53.45 points, or 0.24 per cent, to 22,177.10 points. Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) we

Foreign investment dwindles as India struggles to boost oil production

India's high demand for oil and low domestic output are increasing the dependence on imports. The 'supportive' upstream policy, if backed by lower taxes, could turn things around

Elections, harvesting activities to raise diesel demand, says S&P Global

Overall demand for oil products up 2.4% or 132,000 barrels per day in February