India imports 50% of gas needs, targets 10X CBG output: Hardeep Singh PuriIndia's Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri emphasized the need for enhanced domestic energy production. Rising energy de...
01 Oct, 2026, 05.31 PM IST
India in regular touch with Russian Embassy over crew of detained Unity tanker: MEAIndia is in regular contact with the Russian Embassy concerning detained crew members. The Unity oil tanker remains detained near Paradip P...
19 Sep, 2026, 08.10 AM IST
BRICS adopts New Delhi Declaration: Inside the 140-point document on Global South's ambitionsBRICS leaders adopted the New Delhi Declaration at the 18th summit, reaffirming their commitment to cooperation, multilateralism and a more...
14 Sep, 2026, 01.31 PM IST
Accelerating Plastics Circularity: Turning Ambition into Scalable Action | Industry RoundtableIndustry experts convened to emphasize the need for advancing plastics circularity throughout India and the Asia Pacific region. They ident...
02 Sep, 2026, 07.04 PM IST
Natgas price fixed at $6.5 per mmBtu for rest of AprilThe new rate follows the Cabinet approval on Thursday of a new pricing mechanism for gas produced by ONGC and Oil India from their so-calle...
08 Apr, 2023, 12.38 AM IST
PSU oil retailers suspend appointment of new petrol pump dealersMore than a month back, the oil ministry asked the public sector fuel retailers to review the existing guidelines for selection of new deal...
10 Jul, 2015, 03.45 AM IST
Oil Ministry allows ONGC to sell gas from small fields through bidsGovt had on March 31 announced USD 4.66 per million British thermal unit as the gas price for six-month period ending September 30.
06 Apr, 2015, 05.02 PM IST
Oil regulator PNGRB seeks more time to respond on CNG retail licenceThe Ministry had, earlier this month, sought comments by March 20 on its draft guidelines seeking to wrest powers to give CNG retailing lic...
24 Mar, 2015, 04.32 PM IST
Oil PSUs eye only ‘credible’ publicationsOil minister Dharmendra Pradhan told Parliament on March 11 that the government had not issued any guidelines to oil firms on advertisement...
19 Mar, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
Oil Ministry to give CNG marketing licenceWhile PNGRB has been issuing the licence to retail CNG as well as piped cooking gas (PNG), the ministry guidelines pertain only to rights t...
12 Mar, 2015, 05.33 PM IST
Reliance Industries’ partners may have to sell KG-D6 gas at $4.2/unitOil ministry says BP and Niko Resources have not offered bank guarantees against an approval to charge the new rates.
25 Feb, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
PSU refiners should set up JV to import crude oil: Parliamentary panelState-owned refiners like IOC, BPCL and HPCL should form a joint venture company to import crude oil efficiently and at competitive rates.
08 May, 2013, 06.35 PM IST
- Oil regulator DGH rejects Reliance Industries' CBM gas price
Sources said the DGH reply was in response to the clarification sought by the ministry on June 13, a day after senior bureaucrat Choubey to...
04 Jul, 2012, 04.59 PM IST
- Oil Min looks set to reject RIL's CBM price
The Petroleum Ministry looks set to reject the price Reliance Industries has proposed for gas it will produce from below coal seams, CBM, c...
01 Jul, 2012, 03.37 PM IST
- Create separate post of CEO in PSUs, says ONGC chairman
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation head RS Sharma has demanded the creation of a separate post of CEO in public sector companies to avoid a co...
13 Jun, 2010, 02.49 PM IST
- Reliance Industries, Petroleum Ministry at loggerhead
RIL has accused the Petroleum Ministry of violating Parliament approved norms for oil and gas exploration in the country by proposing new g...
18 Feb, 2008, 05.22 PM IST
- Oil firms' navratna status under threat
Forced to survive on oil bonds, the public sector oil companies, IOC, HPCL and BPCL, now face the prospect of losing the prestigious navrat...
16 Jan, 2008, 01.29 AM IST