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Centre plans to raise Rs 10,000 cr from CPSE ETF's seventh tranche: Report

Sources privy to the development said the offer will have a base issue size of Rs 10,000 crore. Besides, there will be a green-shoe option.

ONGC may revise terms of production-boosting plan for 64 oil and gas fields

---Pointer table is not needed---State-run Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) is likely to revise the terms of the much-hyped production enhancement plan for 64 oil and gas fields, after concerns raised by prospective bidders over the operating cost and other bidding criteria.According to multiple sources, at least 14 of the 23 companies that participated in the pre-bid meeting on September 17 had asked for "compensation covering the operating cost to be borne by the contractor related to the baseline production". Following this, the Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH) and ONGC have decided to revise the contract terms. It was in February this year that the Union Cabinet had cleared the handing over of 66 discovered marginal oil and gas fields by ONGC and Oil India (OIL) to private players. Industry sources said the revised terms might have to be again cleared by the Cabinet. A government official, however, said, "The process does not need any Cabinet clearance, as the ...

Will 2018 be the year of oil stocks? Investors bet big on crude's recovery

However, fears that advances in electric vehicles will undermine longer-term demand for oil still overshadow the sector

How oil can learn from urea

Subsidies on urea have declined by 30% this year, underlining the need for more reforms in the oil sector

Reforms bring investment hope for hydrocarbons

The oil sector reforms could lead to unlocking of investments in hydrocarbon reserves valued at a cumulative Rs 2.33 lakh crore