The government on Thursday allowed public sector oil companies to hike the price of petrol by Rs 3.14 per litre, further burdening the middle- class.

As External Affairs Minister SM Krishna headed to Hanoi, India and China appeared on a collision course over Beijing’s objection to ONGC Videsh Limited’s (OVL) plans to undertake oil exploration in

Kohima: Gauhati High Court has issued notices to Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), Central Government and Nagaland
Government to respond to a PIL, filed against the ONGC, following largescale crude oil spillage in Champang and Tssori villages of Wokha district.

KOHIMA: Gauhati High Court has issued notices to Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), Central Government and Nagaland Government to respond to a PIL, filed against the ONGC, following large-scal

The institution has been auditing ONGC and Oil India for several decades

The government proposes to offer gas for all power projects to be completed in the current Five Year Plan by creating a pool of domestic gas and imported re-gassified liquified natural gas (RLNG). The new mechanism will not only ensure that gas is available to meet around 80% of the requirement of these power plants, but also provide fuel to them at competitive rates as pooling will help moderate RLNG price.

London-based Hardy has been forced to stop crude oil production at its Cauvery basin block because the Oil Ministry has refused to extend a key contract in the field without competitive bidding, go

ONGC Videsh Ltd, the overseas arm of state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC), may invest over $1.5 billion in exploring for oil in a block that was awarded to it by the erstwhile Saddam Hussein

A PIL, filed in Gauhati High Court representing Champang and Tssori villages of Nagaland, has sought Rs 1,000 crore as compensation following the damage caused allegedly due to unabated oil spillage by Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC). The PIL filed yesterday held the ONGC and the Nagaland State Government responsible for the damage in the crude oil-rich swathes.

The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) had earlier roped in the National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) to conduct the assessment, which is primarily required so that the government can fix a compensation amount to charge the owners based on damage caused. But, they have now approached the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI). “We were in talks with NIO and they even collected samples. But they couldn’t commit to our deadline of a month,” said Valsa Nair Singh, state environment secretary.