India
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May 17, 2017
Great Eastern Energy Corp. will drill 144 new wells over the next four to five years at its Raniganj block in the eastern state of West Bengal, according to CEO Prashant Modi. The company, which began looking at the block in 1993, will invest an additional 50 billion rupees in other unconventional assets, including shale.
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May 12, 2017
India’s oil demand bounced back in April after falling for three consecutive months, recovering from the impact of the country’s move to withdraw high-value notes.
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April 21, 2017
Oilex Ltd. has announced the award of two key contracts to Schlumberger and Baker Hughes as part of its 2017 work program at the Cambay PSC in India. Schlumberger and Baker Hughes will advise on the optimal well and stimulation design required to achieve potential commercial flowrates.
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April 12, 2017
Emerson Automation Solutions has donated licenses of its reservoir characterization and engineering software, Roxar RMS and Roxar Tempest, to two prominent Indian universities, the Graphic Era University (GEU) in Dehradun and the Maharashtra Institute of Technology (MIT) in Pune.
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April 12, 2017
Anil Agarwal has sealed the merger of his mining and energy businesses in India, creating a BHP Billiton Ltd.-like resources conglomerate, even as a recent investment in Anglo American Plc raises questions about how far the billionaire’s ambitions stretch.
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April 10, 2017
India’s oil consumption fell for a third straight month, with the use of bitumen and naphtha declining and diesel demand growth flat, amid the continuing effects of demonetization.
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April 04, 2017
The overseas arm of India’s biggest oil and gas explorer intends to spend more than $3 billion on Iran’s Farzad-B natural gas block.
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March 31, 2017
Shell has opened a new major technology hub in Bangalore, India, expanding the company’s R&D activities in Asia. The 52-acre, custom built technology center can house up to 1,500 experts working collaboratively on innovative projects worldwide.
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March 30, 2017
Gazprom Neft and India’s ONGC Videsh Ltd. have used the International Arctic forum ‘Arctic: Territory of Dialogue’, currently taking place in Arkhangelsk, to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding, which confirms the companies’ mutual intent in joining forces for implementation of offshore hydrocarbon production projects in Russia and elsewhere in the world.
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March 30, 2017
The International Energy Agency welcomed India as an association country on Thursday, expanding its partnership for a more secure and sustainable energy future with the world's third-largest energy consumer.
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March 23, 2017
India’s Oil & Natural Gas Corp. is wading into deep waters, where energy giants BP Plc and Reliance Industries Ltd. found a sea of trouble.
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March 10, 2017
A delegation led by Mr. Dharmendra Pradhan, India’s minister of petroleum, participated in CERAWeek in Houston.
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March 10, 2017
Engie SA, France’s former natural-gas monopoly, plans to sell its entire 10% holding in India’s biggest importer of liquefied natural gas.
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March 02, 2017
India’s plan to push its top oil producer to fund a takeover of a state refining company may threaten some near-term investments.
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February 17, 2017
A province governed by India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi for 13 years is impeding his plans to promote clean energy.
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February 15, 2017
JDR, a supplier of subsea umbilicals and power cables to the global offshore energy industry, has been awarded a major steel tube umbilical contract by Cameron Ltd, on behalf of operator ONGC, for the 11 wells of western offshore project.
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February 15, 2017
India approved awarding rights for 31 small discovered oil and gas fields in its first auction in six years, entrusting most of these to new entrants as it seeks to boost local production.
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February 01, 2017
India is planning to create a state-owned oil giant through mergers to match the might of international companies and billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries Ltd.
