Downstream oil sector regulator Petroleum & Natural Gas Regulatory Board had been pushing for cancellation of the authorisation given to RGTIL.
Valuation slips on rights cancellation; OIL pulls out, GAIL puts plan on ice.
Board would start selling the bid documents on November 22.
The ministry refused to buy RGTIL's argument that the government has already allocated all of the projected mmscmd of gas output from the KG-D6 fields to customers in Andhra Pradesh, Maharasthra and other northern states, leaving no gas for transportation through its proposed pipelines from Kakinada to Howrah, Chennai, Tuticorin and Mangalore.
"There are five Indian and six foreign companies which have submitted expression of interest (EoI) for buying stake in the gas transportation company (RGTIL)," a source privy to the development said.
After agreeing to sell 30 per cent stake in the 23 blocks in India to BP, Mukesh Ambani is reportedly looking for buyers for its gas transportation and marketing company.
It also demanded Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to clarify on supply of gas and its price from RIL-operated fields.
The company had received a loan restructuring package from banks under the 5/25 scheme last year.
The company had a total debt of Rs 16,010 crore (Rs 160.1 billion).
The list includes CAG's request dated July 2, 2012 for information on award of contract for laying of a 1,395-km pipeline by Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Gas Transportation Infrastructure Ltd for shipping KG-D6 gas from east coast to the west.
The RBI should provide readily accessible summary information on its website about all corporate debt defaulters and the amounts involved.
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