The companies are in talks with Shell, Petronet LNG to book capacity
If the talks materialise, this would mark Hyundai's foray into the LNG terminal construction space in India.
Burdened with the impact of subsidising the retail losses of downstream oil marketing companies (OMCs), Oil India Ltd has asked the Union government to take the average of the last five years' net profit for calculating the proportionate share of upstream companies, against the current practice of the last three years' average.
After a long wait for government approval, Reliance Industries (RIL) is to begin work on development of four satellite fields -- D-2, D-6, D-19 and D-22 -- in India's largest gas field, block D6 in the Krishna-Godavari basin, or KG-D6.
The countdown for BG's stake sale in Gujarat Gas Company (GGCL) begins tomorrow. Three months after BG made its intention of divesting its stake clear, over half a dozen potential bidders are likely to submit non-binding bids for BG's 65.12 per cent stake in the country's largest natural gas distributor by sales.
One effect of the globalisation of Indian business has been the rise in the grant by companies to staffers of employee stock options.
Communication has instilled a sense of trust and belief among the employees.
Most companies see the next few quarters as a period of uncertainty and are trying to shift costs from fixed to variable.
BPCL plans to save Rs 500-800 cr, while HPCL eyes 10% reduction in total costs.
Prime minister bats for common standards to be implemented in all jurisdictions.
RIL, which had over 1,470 retail outlets, is said to be running only 350 of those at present.
It is in talks with a local player for a discovered asset so that it can have a ready cash flow in one or two years.
Proposed format to have real-life scenarios that mirror the kind of thinking students need at graduate-level work.
Finance ministry officials said they were scrutinising many deals, but the actual tax liability would depend on many factors, including the kind of payment (royalty, interest, stake sale) and the Double Tax Avoidance Agreement with the country where the foreign company was based.
If June 2010 diesel price is taken as the base, then the increase is a mere 2 per cent. By contrast, petrol prices have gone up by 23 per cent in the same period.
The company is in talks with BG India and Italian E&P major, ENI.
Getting compensated for at least 90 per cent of losses without government subsidy appears difficult.
The government indecisiveness on petroleum price rise, coupled with late release of cash subsidy, has sent the borrowings of three government-controlled oil marketing companies to an all-time high of around Rs 118,000 crore (Rs 1,180 billion).
The turnaround has been possible due to availability of domestic gas on priority.
The move will require modifications in Companies Act.
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