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The multilateral lending agency holds 3.9 crore (Rs 39 million) shares in Petronet LNG, which at today's trading price of Rs 114.85 is worth Rs 448 crore (Rs 4.48 billion).
Yamal LNG is a joint venture owned by OAO Novatek with 80 per cent and Total S A holding 20 per cent stake OAO Novatek holds 60 per cent stake in Yamal LNG, while Total S A and China National Petroleum Corp hold 20 per cent each
India faces a new energy crisis - unavailability of gas in the international market - that could worsen power supplies and impact a wide range of industries.
The government may subsidise costly imported gas by making users of cheaper domestic gas pay more under its unique plan to rationalise gas prices, a source in knowledge of the development said.
Petronet LNG, which operates a recently expanded ten-million-tonne gas regassification plant in Dahej on the west coast, is exploring a swap option with the gas from the Krishna-Godavari field (K-G D6) on the east coast owned by Reliance Industries Ltd.
After GAIL, Indian Oil Corp has expressed interest in buying out Asian Development Bank's 5.2 per cent stake in Petronet LNG Ltd, company chairman Sarthak Behuria said. However, if the state-run promoters of Petronet are not allowed to raise stake in the company for fear of it becoming a public sector unit, Behuria suggested selling ADB's shareholding to the public.
The state-run power utility NTPC Ltd has signed an agreement to buy gas from GAIL India for 10 years at a delivered price of close to $8 per million British thermal unit.
The plant started operations after Supreme Court vacated a stay granted by Gujarat High Court on pooling of LNG prices to make fuel affordable to the power plant.
Petronet has concluded term sheets for all agreements for buying 1.5 million tonnes a year of LNG from Exxon Mobil Corp for 20 years, beginning 2014, company Managing Director and CEO Prosad Dasgupta told PTI. Petronet will import the LNG at its under-construction Kochi terminal in Kerala.
India on Wednesday offered Qatar a 10 per cent stake in Petronet LNG Ltd to get the worlds largest liquefied natural gas exporter to sell 18 more LNG cargoes this year and agree on a long-term supply deal for meeting fuel needs of beleaguered Dabhol power plant.
Holding the Centre responsible for putting Gujarat in a tricky situation, state Petrochemicals Minister Saurabh Patel on Monday informed the Assembly that with the scrapping of gas purchase agreements, Gujarat would not be able to get gas from April this year.
New recast plan calls for more loan rate cuts and lower equity returns.
The first stretch of Dahej-Panvel-Dabhol pipeline, which will feed natural gas to the beleaguered Dabhol power project in Maharashtra, has been commissioned.
Petronet LNG Ltd, India's largest liquefied natural gas importer, will raise $100 million through foreign currency convertible bonds in June-July, which would result in its promoters ONGC, GAIL IOC and BPCL shareholding falling by 7.5 per cent.
The $3 billion Dabhol power plant in Maharashtra is likely to be completed by 2007-end, the Empowered Group of Ministers was informed on Thursday.
The proposed Rs 7,000-crore (Rs 70-billion) petrochemical complex of Gas Authority of India at Kochi has been shelved for the time being due to technical issues, according to Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Murli Deora.
The Ratnagiri Gas and Power Pvt Ltd is likely to get gas for power production by June-end, GAIL (India) chairman UB Choubey said.
A government missive to Petronet LNG Ltd on appointment of the company's new managing director and chief executive officer may trigger Securities and Exchange Board of India's takeover code
Gas Authority of India Ltd on Monday said strong winds of over 40 knots caused an accident at Petronet LNG Ltd's R-LNG terminal at Dahej, when the tug boats of LNG carrier 'Disha' hit the dolphin piles of the jetty on September 17.
Petronet LNG Ltd, India's largest liquefied natural gas importer, expects to sign a contract by the end of July for import of 2.5 million tonnes of LNG from Chevron Corp's Gorgon project in Australia.
Petronet LNG Ltd, which completed construction of India's first LNG import terminal at Dahej in Gujarat, announced on Monday that it will float an initial public offering of 26.10 crore
The government on Saturday gave its approval to Shipping Corporation of India's plan to invest $20.88 million for 33.77 per cent stake in a joint venture company to be set up in Panama.
Petronet LNG Ltd will sell India's first liquefied natural gas from January next at around $3.6 per million BTU (British Thermal Unit), almost the same price as that of the private domestic natural gas producers.
Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Ram Naik said on Wednesday that an agreement with Qatar had been finalised for supply of liquified natural gas from next year.
India will begin importing gas in the form of liquefied natural gas from early 2004 to augment deficit in domestic production, Petroleum Minister Ram Naik said.
'The business continuity clause will mean the Tatas will have to keep running the airline for three years, and cannot exit the flying business.'
At least four firms including Gas Authority of India Ltd, Petronas of Malaysia and British Gas have bid for supplying natural gas/LNG to Reliance Energy's mega 3740 MW gas-fired power plant at Dadri in Uttar Pradesh.
The initial public offering of India's first liquefied natural gas importer Petronet LNG Ltd may be postponed by a week as differences between promoters and merchant bankers delayed fixation of price band for the issue of 261 million equity shares.
Petronet LNG Ltd will float an initial public offering of 261 million shares, representing 34.8 per cent of the total equity of the company, around mid-February, P Dasgupta, director (finance), PLL, said in New Delhi on Friday.