According to data from the Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell, due to increased consumption, especially by the city gas distribution companies and the power sector, India’s natural gas import bill increased by 17% to $8.9 billion during the first seven months of the current fiscal year from $7.6 billion during the same period last year….
The largest producer of gas and oil in India, ONGC, has entered into long-term agreements with refiners to sell the crude oil it extracts from offshore resources in Mumbai at a premium to the global benchmark Brent, according to sources. The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has agreements with Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL)…
In order to prepare for the energy shift, India’s largest oil and gas producer, ONGC, plans to invest over Rs 1 lakh crore in building two petrochemical factories that will transform crude oil directly into high-value chemical goods, senior company officials announced on Wednesday. One of the main energy sources is crude oil, which is…
As the majority of the gas for these sectors comes from state-run ONGC and Oil India nomination fields, where prices are capped at $6.5 per million British thermal units (mmBtu), analysts say the recent increase in natural gas prices is unlikely to exert any significant upward pressure on domestic compressed natural gas (CNG) or piped…
In contrast to the increase in the tax on diesel and ATF exports, the government has reduced the windfall profit tax on domestically produced crude oil. The special additional excise duty, or SAED, paid on domestically produced crude oil was decreased from Rs 7,100 per tonne to Rs 6,700 per tonne. According to the announcement,…
Arun Kumar Singh, the chairman of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), stated on Monday that the business expects to invest approximately Rs 1 trillion in renewable energy by 2030 in order to reach net zero by 2038. At a news conference after the financial results on Friday, Singh stated, “We have been working on…
In order to replace a reticent IndianOil (IOC) for the potential purchase of a 50% stake in Tullow Oil Plc’s USD 3.4 billion oilfield project in Kenya, India’s leading international oil company ONGC Videsh has found a new partner in Oil India Ltd. However, the aggressive Chinese energy giant Sinopec has entered the fight and…
With effect from this Wednesday, the government has reinstated the windfall tax on domestically produced crude oil with an impost of Rs 6,400 per tonne and eliminated the tax on diesel exports. Petrol and aviation turbine fuel intended for exports are still free from tax. In its most recent fortnightly review, the Central Board of…
The tax on domestic crude oil has been entirely eliminated thanks to a change in the windfall tax that was announced on Tuesday. The tax has now been lowered to zero from roughly a fortnight ago when it was 3,500 per tonne. This comes after a steep 20% drop in global crude oil prices since…
The windfall tax on domestically produced crude oil has been decreased, while the tax on diesel has been increased by the Finance Ministry. The revised levy became effective on Tuesday. A notification states that the windfall levy, formally known as Special Additional Excise Tax (SAED), has been reduced from $4,400 per tonne to $3,500 per…
