Oil & gas
OPEC may decide on production curbs at tomorrow’s meet
26 Nov 2014
OPEC looks set for a compromise decision on restricting production and supply of oil, as the OPEC basket of crude fell to a low of $74.28 a barrel
Jindal Steel shelves $10-bn coal-to-diesel project: report
24 Nov 2014
Jindal, which used to own some of these coal blocks scrapped by the Supreme Court, will now have to deposit about Rs3,000 crore with the government by December as a levy for the coal it has dug out from the mines that now stand cancelled
LPG subsidy not for ‘people like me’, only for poor: Jaitley
21 Nov 2014
The next important decision India will have to take is whether people like me are entitled to get our LPG subsidy, he said
Apache Corp eyes $1.4 bn through sale of oil and gas assets
21 Nov 2014
Houston-based Apache will sell its working interest in approximately 90,000 net acres in mature southern Louisiana fields, which are characterised by high decline rates and short reserve lives
I-T dept loses Rs18,000-cr transfer pricing case against Shell India
18 Nov 2014
The tax authorities failed to establish that the issue of shares of Rs180 market value at Rs10 per share was intended to avoid paying tax and that the company is liable to pay tax on the income generated out of it
Halliburton to acquire rival Baker Hughes for $34.6 bn
18 Nov 2014
Oil services giant Halliburton will acquire its rival Baker Hughes for about $34.6 billion, leading to a merged entity worth $67 billion
ONGC to invest Rs10,600 crore to rev up western offshore output
17 Nov 2014
The investment will lead to incremental gain of 7.547 million tonne of crude oil and 3.864 billion cubic meter of gas by 2030
Govt launches modified direct benefit transfer of LPG scheme
15 Nov 2014
The scheme is designed to ensure that the benefit meant for the genuine domestic customer reaches them directly and is not diverted
Halliburton and Baker Hughes in merger talks
14 Nov 2014
US oilfield services providers Halliburton & Co and Baker Hughes Inc are in merger talks in a deal that will value the merged company at around $67 billion
