New Delhi: Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday tested positive for coronavirus and has been admitted to Medanta Hospital. In a tweet, Pradhan said he has been admitted to hospital after testing positive of COVID-19. Pradhan, 51, had developed COVID-like symptoms on Monday and was tested on Tuesday. “After seeing symptoms of COVID-19, I got…
Oil posted a gain last month, boosted by a steadily weakening US dollar and OPEC’s restraint on production.Deep crude output curbs by the OPEC and its allies have helped futures rebound from their plunge below zero in April, yet the unprecedented cuts are set to ease in a matter of days. On Friday, crude oil…
BILLINGS, Mont. — The Trump administration is seeking to ease more rules for oil and gas drilling that were adopted under the Obama administration, with the latest changes projected to save energy companies more than $130 million over the next decade. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management proposal would streamline requirements for measuring and reporting…
MOSCOW – Russia’s Energy Ministry said on Sunday that the country’s oil output in July was unchanged from levels seen in June, in line with an OPEC+ agreement.The ministry added that its level of compliance with the deal in July was close that recorded in June, when it stood at 99%. Energy ministry data published…
LONDON: OPEC oil output has risen by more than 1 million barrels per day (bpd) in July as Saudi Arabia and other Gulf members ended their voluntary extra supply curbs on top of an OPEC-led deal, and other members made limited progress on compliance. The 13-member Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries pumped 23.32 million…
Mallam Mele Kyari, the Group Managing Director, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), has said the corporation is working on lowering crude oil cost of production from $17 per barrel to about $10 per barrel. Kyari disclosed this at Seplat Energy Summit 2020, titled “The Impact of Global Energy Transition on African Economies” held on…
Guwahati: An attempt to cap OIL’s damaged gas well at Baghjan in Assam which has been spewing gas for 66 days failed on Friday. The wagon which was used to put a lid on its mouth gave in and toppled over, the company said. The reasons for the failure of the capping operation are being…
The Committee on public undertakings has selected the Airports Authority of India (AAI), Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), Oil India Ltd, among others, for examination during the year 2020-21, according to a release by the Lok Sabha secretariat. The Committee on Public Undertakings met on July 29 and selected 11 subjects for a comprehensive examination. This…
Demand for diesel in July dropped 12.5% over June, halting a swift recovery witnessed in May and June. Petrol sales in July also fell 1% compared to June. Diesel and petrol sales are down 21% and 11%, respectively, in July from a year earlier, according to industry executives. The figures are for sales by state-run…
Major players in the natural gas sector have raised objections to the government’s proposal to implement a unified gas transport tariff for integrated gas transportation networks, including a network of seven GAIL pipelines and a network of two Gujarat State Petronet Ltd pipelines. The proposal by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) is…
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