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.

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

Companies like RIL, Cairn India and Essar Oil are preparing plans to kick-start the hunt for other sources of natural gas in the energy-hun...

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.

Indian energy firms Reliance Industries, Cairn India & Essar Oil have put shale oil & gas exploration and marketing on their priority list.

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).

Cairn India has asked the Oil Ministry for rights to explore for unconventional shale gas in its prolific Rajasthan block.

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

ONGC today said it is keen on foraying into unconventional gas sources like shale gas and would bid for blocks once the government put in p...

Moily said he has formed an expert committee under Vijay Kelkar to suggest roadmap for cutting India's dependence on imports to meet its oi...

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

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...

BPCL said Bharat PetroResources has entered into an agreement with Norwest Energy to pick up a stake in two shale gas blocks in Perth Basin.

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...