Natural Gas

Domestic natural gas prices for May notified; no impact on end consumers

Prices capped at $6.5 per MMBtu under new regime based on Kirit Parikh committee recommendations

Adani Gas reduces prices of CNG by Rs 8.13/kg, PNG by Rs 5.06/scm

ATGL also announced a reduction in PNG prices for Industrial and Commercial Consumers by Rs 3.0 per scm its geographical areas (GAs)

Govt imposes gas price caps: Here is how the prices of PNG, CNG will change

With these changes, the data of Indian crude basket price from the previous month would form the basis for APM gas price determination

Gas sector confident of smooth transition as it awaits new pricing rules

Officials said existing APM gas prices have been left broadly unchanged till Sept 31 as a temporary arrangement

Getting out of fossils

Unless finances are proportionate to the need, the transition to clean energy is a tough proposition, especially in countries where energy affordability is critical

Core sector output slows to 3-month low of 6% in Feb, crude production dips

Six of eight key infrastructure industries report sequential deceleration

PM Modi calls uniform tariff for gas pipeline as noteworthy reform

PNGRB on March 29 had approved levelised unified tariff for natural gas pipeline of Rs 73.93 per metric million British thermal unit

Cabinet to impose price caps on gas to stave off rising rates to $10.7

The Union Cabinet is likely to soon consider imposing caps or a ceiling on price for majority of natural gas produced in the country to keep input costs for users ranging from CNG to fertilizer companies in check, sources said. The government bi-annually fixes prices of locally produced natural gas -- which is converted into CNG for use in automobiles, piped to household kitchens for cooking and used to generate electricity and make fertilisers. Two different formulas govern rates paid for gas produced from legacy or old fields of national oil companies like Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and Oil India Ltd (OIL), and that for newer fields lying in difficult to tap areas such as deepsea. The global spurt in energy prices post Russia's invasion of Ukraine have led to rates of locally produced gas climbing to record levels - USD 8.57 per million British thermal unit for gas from legacy or old fields and USD 12.46 per mmBtu for gas from difficult fields. These rates are due to

The Parikh committee's logic for proposed gas policy

In a competitive market, it is the consumer price that should be equalled to the cost of imported gas

MCX Crude Oil may break Rs 5,000-mark; Natural Gas remains weak

The MCX Crude Oil futures seem on course to test the 200-WMA placed at Rs 5,000. However, given the indications from momentum oscillators, the commodity may break the support level.

OilMin accepts all major Kirit Parikh panel recommendations on gas pricing

Final cabinet note being prepared, but Finance Ministry yet to submit comments on key issues

In line with new govt rules, Reliance re-auctions gas from its KG-D6 block

Reliance Industries Ltd and its partner bp plc have re-launched an auction for sale of natural gas from their eastern offshore KG-D6 block after incorporating the government's new marketing rules to give CNG-selling city gas companies first priority over supplies. Reliance and its partner BP Exploration (Alpha) Ltd (BPEAL) will sell 6 million standard cubic meters per day of gas in an e-auction planned for April 3, a tender notice said. The price is indexed to the global LNG marker, JKM but will be subject to the government-notified ceiling price. The partners had originally planned the auction in January but days before that the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, on January 13, published new rules for the sale and resale of gas produced from discoveries in deep sea, ultra-deep water and high-pressure-high temperature areas. This led to the auction being suspended and is now being re-launched after incorporating changes. Gas produced from wells drilled below seabed is used to .

Coal vs gas, or coal and gas?

Coal is bad, and so is natural gas, when it comes to climate change. Then why is it that the Western world, which has to date built its economy on dirty coal, is now wedded to gas as its dream fuel?

MCX Crude Oil remains range-bound; bias can turn positive above Rs 6,465

On the flip side, in case, Crude Oil futures break the support at the lower-end the commodity could dip below the Rs 6,000 mark.

ONGC Videsh to increase spending by 65% in FY24 to push overseas operations

Latin America, Africa, and Russia are expected to play key roles in helping OVL achieve its long-term production targets

BP-Reliance's giant deep-water project offshore nears completion

Billionaire Reliance Industries Ltd and UK supermajor BP are nearing start of production from their giant MJ deep-water project in the KG-D6 block, which will significantly boost gas output from the prized east coast asset, a top official said. The MJ field will come on stream this quarter, said Sashi Mukundan, Regional President and Head of Country, India, BP Group, at India Energy Week here. Reliance and BP are spending about USD 5 billion on further developing KG-D6 through three different projects, aimed at rejuvenating gas production from the offshore asset. While the first two developments -- R-cluster and Satellite Cluster -- have started gas production, MJ is now nearing completion. The two fields are currently producing around 20 million standard cubic meters per day of gas and MJ would help raise the output to 30 mmscmd, meeting up to 15 per cent of India's gas demand. "MJ, the third of three developments, is expected to come on stream this quarter. Together, R-Series, ..

Shell annual profit doubles to record high as war drives up energy costs

Global energy giant Shell said Thursday that its annual profits doubled to a record high last year as oil and natural gas prices soared after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. London-based Shell Plc posted adjusted earnings of USD 39.9 billion for 2022 in its financial results for the final three months of the year. Adjusted earnings in the fourth quarter, which exclude one-time items and fluctuations in the value of inventories, rose to USD 9.8 billion. Shell is the latest oil company to report bumper profits, even as the fossil fuel industry faces increasing pressure to cut climate-changing carbon emissions. US-based Exxon Mobil also posted record annual profits days earlier, while UK rival BP and France's TotalEnergies posted huge quarterly profits last year. The results demonstrate Shell's capacity to deliver vital energy to our customers in a volatile world," new CEO Wael Sawan said in a statement. It's the first earnings report presented by Sawan since he took over as chief ...

GAIL Q3 profit drops 90% on petrochemical, natural gas marketing woes

State gas utility GAIL (India) Ltd on Monday reported 90 per cent drop in December quarter net profit after it suffered losses in petrochemical and natural gas marketing business. Consolidated net profit of Rs 397.59 crore in October-December 2022 is compared with Rs 3,800.09 crore earning in the same period a year back, according to the company's stock exchange filing. The nation's largest gas trading and transportation company booked Rs 349 crore loss in petrochemical business after it had to cut run rate due to curtailment in supply of cheaper domestic gas. Natural gas marketing division too incurred a loss while the pre-tax profitability of the core transmission business halved. Revenue from operations rose to Rs 35,939.96 crore in October-December 2022 from Rs 26,175.60 crore a year ago.

Indian refiners' crude oil processing in December rises 4% y/y: Govt data

India's Bharat Petroleum Corp plans to shut its multiple refineries for maintenance in the coming months

Near support for MCX Crude Oil seen at Rs 6,030; Natural Gas to test Rs 285

In case, the MCX Crude Oil futures fail to hold the support, the commodity could revisit its December lows of Rs 5,850 level.