He said, the government would also launch the tenth bidding round of oil and gas blocks after certain policy issues are resolved.

Six shale-gas blocks with estimated reserves of over 50 billion cubic metres are likely to be put up for sale this year.

The DGH is likely to auction six shale gas blocks with reserves upwards of 50 billion cubic metre in Cauvery and Damodar basins.

The petroleum ministry has finalized a shale oil and gas exploration policy, which will be tabled before the cabinet after the oil minister...

The government has bid out 33 CBM blocks to companies like Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) and Great Eastern Energy Corp Ltd (GEECL).

CIL will not allow the government to auction shale gas blocks in its command area, its chairman S Narsing Rao said.

Last week, the govt released its draft policy on auction of blocks of shale gas and oil. ET explains this energy source.

India plans to launch its first auction of shale gas block by 2013-end on terms that are likely to be remarkably different from those offer...

The oil ministry's advisor has favored that the government should take its share as biddable percentage of output rather than sharing profi...

Individual real estate developers and even a grain trader are among the 100 Chinese bidders who have joined the scramble for a piece of the...

Nicknamed ‘Project Gold’ , the deal is estimated to cost some $400-500 million, persons familiar with the negotiations said.

India does not have technology to exploit shale gas, an unconventional gas trapped in sedimentary rocks and the US is a pioneer in the fiel...

Reliance Industries on Monday indicated that it may actively bid for oil and gas exploration blocks being auctioned by the government.

India will launch its first-ever offer of shale gas areas for exploration by end 2011, even as it targets at least a billion dollar of inve...

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...

Taking a cue from the US, India is seriously looking at the unconventional shale gas, which, if successful, could mean a substantial improv...

India is planning its first-ever offer of shale gas areas for exploration in 2012, even as it targets the launch of the ninth and possibili...