People of Tiruvarur district on Wednesday appealed to GAIL India Ltd to take up onshore oil and gas exploration in Mannargudi and Thiruthuraipoondi blocks of the district without affecting the cultivable lands and their livelihood.

Speaking at a public hearing organised by the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board for onshore oil and gas exploration (exploratory drilling) by GAIL India Ltd at Mannargudi, people said most of the farmers in the district are small and marginal farmers.

New Delhi has to fully factor in its regional strategic and energy needs in its relationship with the US

More than six months since it has received expression of interests (EoI) from private operators, ONGC now proposes to farm out operating interests in four coal-bed methane assets.

State-owned Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) and Videocon Industries’ Mozambique block may have up to 100 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of in-place gas reserves, operator Anadarko Petroleum Corp said on Monday.

Bharat PetroResources, a wholly-owned subsidiary of BPCL, and Videocon Hydrocarbon Holdings, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Videocon Industries, hold 10 per cent stake each in the Mozambique block,

It has been more than four decades since the first well was drilled in the natural gas field beneath this stretch of slow rolling alfalfa and sugar beet farms.

New Delhi: Even as the coalgate controversy rages, the UPA government could be staring at another damaging report from its official auditor, the Comptroller and Auditor General, as it has started i

As the controversial oil and gas drilling practice known as hydraulic fracturing continues to spread, governments around the world are grappling with how to regulate it.

Rangarajan to head committee, to press for revision in terms of production sharing contracts for future deals.