29 October – More reforms in offing to raise private participation in oil, gas fields, says Oil Secy

  Oil Secretary Tarun Kapoor on Wednesday hinted at more reforms to raise the level of private participation in upstream oil and gas exploration and production, but remained non-committal on the industry”s demand for cutting levies to make the business attractive during a low price regime. Talking to reporters at the end of the India…

28 October – US sanctions ‘key actors’ in Iran’s oil sector

  The US has imposed fresh sanctions against the Iranian oil sector, for their “financial support” to Tehran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force (IRGC-QF), according to the Treasury Department. In a statement on Monday, the Department that said its Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed the sanctions against the Iranian Ministry of Petroleum,…