News for 'basin'

RIL to raise $2 bn via 10-year loan

RIL to raise $2 bn via 10-year loan

Rediff.com16 May 2007

Reliance Industries Limited, the country's largest private sector company, is raising $2 billion through a 10-year overseas syndicated loan for funding its oil and gas exploration in the D6 block of the Krishna-Godawari basin.

Cairn to invest $90 mn in Ravva oil field

Cairn to invest $90 mn in Ravva oil field

Rediff.com13 Nov 2006

Oil explorer Cairn Energy Ltd has said it would invest $90 million, along with its joint venture partners, over the next nine months toward drilling activity at Ravva, the offshore oil and gas field in the KG Basin.

160 killed, 28 missing in heavy rains, floods in China

160 killed, 28 missing in heavy rains, floods in China

Rediff.com7 Jul 2016

Hail and rainstorm killed 160 people in 11 provincial regions, mainly along the mighty Yangtze River and its distributaries, and have left 28 missing, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.

Reliance's 'discovery man' gets Padma Shri

Reliance's 'discovery man' gets Padma Shri

Rediff.com23 Mar 2007

Reliance Industries found huge natural gas reserves in the very first well it drilled, which subsequently proved to be the world's second largest deepwater discovery in the last decade.

Govt clears 30 oil and gas discoveries for production: Minister

Govt clears 30 oil and gas discoveries for production: Minister

Rediff.com12 Jan 2015

Pradhan said a National Data Repository which will store information on all sedimentary basins of the country is being pursued on top priority.

Wellington ODI: Nicholls, Boult help New Zealand thrash Pakistan

Wellington ODI: Nicholls, Boult help New Zealand thrash Pakistan

Rediff.com25 Jan 2016

New Zealand pacemen Trent Boult and Grant Elliott shared seven wickets as the hosts bundled out Pakistan for 210 to win the first one-day international at the pacy Basin Reserve by 70 runs on Monday.

RIL to set up 4,000 MW power station

RIL to set up 4,000 MW power station

Rediff.com25 Jul 2007

The fertiliser and power companies say that the cost of gas would be too high, making operating on gas economically unviable.

Reliance plans $400 mn jetty in Kakinada

Reliance plans $400 mn jetty in Kakinada

Rediff.com23 Feb 2007

Reliance Industries, which has discovered gas reserves of nearly 14 trillion cubic feet in the Krishna-Godavari basin off the coast of Andhra Pradesh, is building a gas-receiving jetty in Kakinada.

Reliance discovers gas off TN coast

Reliance discovers gas off TN coast

Rediff.com17 Jul 2007

Reliance Industries has made a 'significant' gas find in a Cauvery basin block-off the east coast, company officials said.

RIL strikes gas off TN coast

RIL strikes gas off TN coast

Rediff.com17 Jul 2007

Reliance Industries has made a 'significant' gas find in a Cauvery basin block-off the east coast, company officials said.

Reliance on oil hunt in Lanka

Reliance on oil hunt in Lanka

Rediff.com23 Mar 2006

What China is building next in South China Sea

What China is building next in South China Sea

Rediff.com28 Feb 2017

China will build its first long-term underwater observation platform in resource-rich South China Sea, where it has territorial disputes with many south-east Asian countries including Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam.

Centre in a bind over RIL's KG gas

Centre in a bind over RIL's KG gas

Rediff.com25 Jun 2007

Higher price will lead to hike in fertiliser subsidy while a lower price will hit returns.

Australia sink to 10th lowest Ashes total, 39th overall in Tests

Australia sink to 10th lowest Ashes total, 39th overall in Tests

Rediff.com6 Aug 2015

Check out the lowest totals in Ashes history after England bowled Australia out for 60 in the fourth Test at Trent Bridge on Thursday.

IOC to invest Rs 2,000 cr in JV with RIL

IOC to invest Rs 2,000 cr in JV with RIL

Rediff.com12 Jan 2007

Indian Oil Corporation on Friday said it plans to invest about Rs 2,000 crore in a joint venture with Reliance Industries for retailing natural gas to households and automobiles.

BPCL to invest Rs 6,000 cr in exploration business

BPCL to invest Rs 6,000 cr in exploration business

Rediff.com20 Dec 2006

Bharat Petroleum Corporation lans to invest around Rs 6,000 crore (Rs 60 billion) in the exploration and production business over the next few years.

RIL to invest $8.84-bn in KG gas block

RIL to invest $8.84-bn in KG gas block

Rediff.com12 Dec 2006

Reliance Industries Ltd will invest $8.84 billion in producing 80 million standard cubic meters per day (mmscmd) of gas from its KG-D6 block in Krishna Godavari basin.

'We are overdrawing water, depleting aquifers'

'We are overdrawing water, depleting aquifers'

Rediff.com27 Aug 2019

Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat has the task of bringing clean tap water to all households by 2024.

Oil blocks: ONGC's loss is RIL's gain

Oil blocks: ONGC's loss is RIL's gain

Rediff.com23 Nov 2006

ONGC's bids for 16 oil blocks rejected.

India's first indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant undocked

India's first indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant undocked

Rediff.com10 Jun 2015

India on Wednesday undocked its first indigenously-built aircraft carrier INS Vikrant.

India open New Zealand tour with ODI on Jan 19

India open New Zealand tour with ODI on Jan 19

Rediff.com10 Sep 2013

India's cricket team will open its tour of New Zealand with the first of five One-day Internationals in Napier on January 19, 2014, while Auckland and Wellington will stage the two Tests in the series.

NZ thrash Bangladesh inside three days

NZ thrash Bangladesh inside three days

Rediff.com14 Jan 2008

New Zealand wrapped up their two-Test series against Bangladesh when they bowled the visitors out for 113 just before lunch on the third day of the second Test.

Australian court tosses out Adani coal mine challenge

Australian court tosses out Adani coal mine challenge

Rediff.com15 Dec 2015

The mine got the sign-off from Environment Minister Greg Hunt in October after the company cleared concerns about two rare outback species

New airports, bigger refineries and a smaller car

New airports, bigger refineries and a smaller car

Rediff.com1 Jan 2008

The new year promises to be a busy year with brand new airports in Hyderabad and Bangalore, the launch of the Rs 1-lakh-car, unlocking of the gas riches in the Krishna-Godavari basin, and Jamnagar housing the world's biggest refinery complex.

ONGC gas for fertiliser units

ONGC gas for fertiliser units

Rediff.com15 Apr 2006

Why India's gas deficit problem won't end soon

Why India's gas deficit problem won't end soon

Rediff.com6 Nov 2014

In the past, the absence of commercially viable gas prices had not only discouraged high-risk new exploration activity but also hindered the development of some of the existing discoveries, such as the satellite fields in the Reliance Industries' eastern offshore KG-D6 block.

California devastated by deadliest fire in history

California devastated by deadliest fire in history

Rediff.com13 Nov 2018

At least 29 people have died so far in the fast-moving wildfire which began in California on November 8. The numbers are expected to rise.

Cauvery: Centre in contempt for not framing water distribution scheme

Cauvery: Centre in contempt for not framing water distribution scheme

Rediff.com8 May 2018

The top court directed the Secretary of the Union water resources ministry to personally appear before it on May 14 with a draft of the Cauvery management scheme to implement its verdict on water sharing between four states including Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.

New Zealand eye unlikely win after Bangladesh's late collapse

New Zealand eye unlikely win after Bangladesh's late collapse

Rediff.com15 Jan 2017

The visitors were 66 for three in their second innings at the end of the fourth day's play, with an overall lead of 122 runs.

RIL finds huge oil reserves in block D6

RIL finds huge oil reserves in block D6

Rediff.com18 Dec 2006

Reliance Industries Ltd has discovered huge oil reserves in its gas-rich D6 block in Krishna Godavari basin off the east coast, its minority partner Niko Resources of Canada has said.

At least 12 injured as ONGC's gas well catches fire near Surat

At least 12 injured as ONGC's gas well catches fire near Surat

Rediff.com19 Apr 2015

Fire is still raging at the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited gas well near Olpad town in the district

40,000-yr human footprints in Mexico

40,000-yr human footprints in Mexico

Rediff.com5 Jul 2005

Scientists have long believed that the first humans came to North America after the last Ice Age ended about 13,500 years ago.

Ambanis' soft gas deal takes a knock

Ambanis' soft gas deal takes a knock

Rediff.com12 Jun 2006

OVL inks pacts for Vietnam blocks

OVL inks pacts for Vietnam blocks

Rediff.com1 Jun 2006

ONGC Videsh Ltd, the overseas arm of state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, has signed the production sharing contracts with Vietnam Oil and Gas Corporation (PetroVietnam) for two offshore blocks in Phu Khanh Basin.

Adani cancels $2.6 bn deal with Australian mining giant

Adani cancels $2.6 bn deal with Australian mining giant

Rediff.com18 Dec 2017

The $16.5 billion Carmichael coal mine project when completed would be one of the world's largest.

Taylor scores ton to hold together NZ innings

Taylor scores ton to hold together NZ innings

Rediff.com11 Dec 2013

Ross Taylor scored his 10th Test century and surpassed 4,000 career runs to anchor New Zealand's 307 for six at the close of play on the first day of the second Test against the West Indies at the Basin Reserve on Wednesday.