GAIL plans to exit its US shale exploration business, selling its Eagle Ford assets, including interests in wells and undrilled locations i...

"We have a huge potential of shale resource of up to 6.63 trillion cubic feet (TCF) in our block," GEECL MD & CEO Prashant Modi said. "We a...

Shale is a type of natural gas trapped in fine-grained sedimentary rocks called shales. Cairn's onshore Rajasthan oilfields - Mangala, Bhag...

Five years and hundreds of crores of rupees later, it's been found that India doesn't have much shale prospects.

The oil ministry has sought public comments on including shale in the definition of petroleum in the next two weeks for the proposed amendm...

ONGC was given a mandate to identify a minimum of 50 nomination blocks where it will take up shale gas and oil exploration in Phase-I.

The government also plans to extend, albeit with a few stringent conditions, the recently approved shale exploration policy which allows on...

India’s second-largest state-run energy explorer Oil India is now betting big on its prospects in the shale oil and gas arena.

Various studies have estimated recoverable reserves of shale gas at between 6 trillion cubic feet and 63 trillion cubic feet.

The new legislation may create problems as shale exploration requires large piece of land. It can be resolved by making landowners the stak...

"ONGC expects positive results from shale exploration and depending on the outcome and experience we will intensify our efforts," Chiarman ...

Taking cues from the US, several countries have already begun to take steps to attract investment in their domestic shale gas resources.

It is among the largest foreign investors in the shale gas business in the US, with investments exceeding $5.7 billion as on March 31, 2013.

The government has initiated steps for the assessment of shale gas prospectively in selected on land basins and the country has access to r...

S Sundareshan said the ministry will come out with a special exploration policy for shale gas by the second half of 2011 and will then soon...

State-run Oil India Limited is likely to form a joint venture with a US-based shale gas company to acquire shale gas assets globally.

State-run ONGC would tie up with multi-national oilfield services provider Schlumberger for exploring shale gas potential in the country.