Biden administration proposes reforms to federal oil, gas drilling programPresident Joe Biden's administration had launched the review earlier this year in what had been widely seen as a first step in delivering o...
26 Nov, 2021, 11.06 PM IST
Clean crude? Oil firms use offsets to claim green barrelsCarbon credits are financial instruments generated by projects that reduce or avert greenhouse-gas emissions such as mass tree plantings or...
16 Apr, 2021, 10.10 PM IST
Crude oil extends gains after US inventory dropU.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) was up 40 cents, or 0.8%, at $53.61 a barrel by 0128 GMT after gaining nearly 2% on Tuesday. Brent crude...
13 Jan, 2021, 08.17 AM IST
Oil slides 4% on demand concerns as coronavirus spreadsBrent crude was down $2.42, or 4.1%, at $56.08 barrel by 1316 GMT. U.S. crude futures fell by $2.11, or 4%, to $51.27.
24 Feb, 2020, 10.06 PM IST
Crude prices headed north, but US output may slam the brakesEIA reported that US crude oil production reached 12 mbpd for the first time last week.
27 Feb, 2019, 08.07 PM IST
Oil discoveries at 70-year low signal supply shortfall aheadWith oil prices down by more than half since the price collapse two years ago, drillers have cut their exploration budgets to the bone.
30 Aug, 2016, 11.28 AM IST
ONGC expensive rig hiring plans trigger speculationONGC is in the process of hiring expensive high specification rigs for jobs that can be done by the much cheaper standard rigs, triggering ...
10 Dec, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
ONGC swamped with offers for hiring deep sea rigs, expects charter rates to come downONGC has been swamped with offers in a tender it floated for hiring five deep sea rigs for its KG-basin gas block campaign.
28 Sep, 2015, 03.31 AM IST
800 ways taxpayer money supports fossil fuelsThe measures were worth $167 billion last year for the oil, natural gas and coal industries, according to the Organization for Economic Coo...
22 Sep, 2015, 12.22 PM IST
Plan to construct roads along Indo-China borderBRO and Arunachal Pradesh government have responded with alacrity to the Centre's plan to construct roads along the Indo-China border for t...
07 Dec, 2014, 10.42 AM IST
Rise in oil prices over the years spurred innovations leading to efficient use of energy inputs: Ellen Zentner"Abrupt and sharp increases in oil prices have played a key role in precipitating recessions in 1973-75, 1980-81, 1990-91, 2001 and 2008-09...
02 Jul, 2014, 09.18 AM IST
Aban Offshore bags Rs 1110 crore order: SourcesAt 11:30 a.m.; the stock was at Rs 325.35, up 1.83 per cent, on the BSE. It touched a high of Rs 330.70 and a low of Rs 320.70 in trade tod...
22 May, 2013, 12.30 PM IST
- GSPC spuds third appraisal well in DDE of KG block
Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation today said it has spudded its third appraisal well in the Deen Dayal East area of the KG Block.
13 Feb, 2012, 04.27 PM IST
- Paulson buys stake in HP, Transocean
Paulson & Co, the $36-bn hedge fund founded by John Paulson, took a stake in HP and increased its holding of Transocean, adding cos undergo...
19 May, 2011, 04.44 AM IST
- As BP well nears death, pressure test needed
Crews working to seal BP's blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico once and for all need to finish one more test on a cement plug before decla...
18 Sep, 2010, 11.14 PM IST
- Stocks to watch: Godrej Consumer, Tata Chemicals, Aban Offshore, Mahindra Satyam, Lupin, Biocon, Tata Power
The Godrej Group has consolidated the operations of insecticides joint venture Godrej Sara Lee with Godrej Consumer Products in a bid to ta...
25 May, 2010, 09.40 AM IST
- Govt expects Rs 2.20 lakh cr for road projs by 2012
The Centre is anticipating an investment of Rs 2.20 lakh crore for the modernisation and upgrading of highways in the country by 2012.
25 Jan, 2007, 05.30 PM IST