Reliance Industries Ltd has won government approval for laying six petroleum product pipelines across the country to sell output from its 33 million tonnes per annum Jamnagar refinery in Gujarat.
The developers of special economic zones may not get tax benefits for the money spent on meeting the contiguity norms.
IOC-OIL have decided to hold 25% stake in RIL's East Timor oil and gas block.
Reliance Industries Ltd has sought a minimum supply of 3.6 million standard cubic meters per day of gas for its petrochemical plants from the Panna/Mukta and Tapti fields, from which gas has been diverted by the government to state-run GAIL India. Reliance along with state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corporation and BG Group of UK are the operators of the PMT fields lying in Mumbai offshore and till last month marketed gas from the fields in proportion to their shareholding.
Reliance Industries Ltd will open its first exclusive retail showroom in Jalandhar this month, followed by more in Punjab in the next couple of months.
Reliance in the first phase is developing Dhirubhai-1 and 3, the first two of the 15 discoveries in the 7,645-square- kilometre KG-D6 block. Initial output is likely to be 40 million standard cubic meters per day (mmscmd), which will rise to 60 mmscmd in 2009-10.
The release also points out that the prevailing domestic gas prices command a significantly higher price than the proposal of RIL.
The India story got stronger on the global arena with the country expanding its presence on the elite list of Fortune Global 500 companies, as the PSU banking major State Bank of India has become the sixth domestic firm to feature in the league.
After Moily took over as oil minister, the central government agreed to link prices with global indices.
The company had a net profit of Rs 8,079 crore (Rs 80.79 billion) in the corresponding quarter of the last fiscal, the Mukesh Ambani-led firm said in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange. The total turnover also dipped 8.75 per cent to Rs 31,563 crore (Rs 315.63 billion) during the quarter under review from Rs 34,590 crore (Rs 345.9 billion) in the year-ago period.
Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani said on Tuesday organised retailing will be the 'next big idea' in the companies' plans.
The company reportedly in talks with a dozen firms overseas for an acquisition.
Reliance Exploration and Production DMCC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of RIL, has signed contract for Block 41. The block lies adjacent to Block 18 in Gulf of Oman, which the Government of Sultanate of Oman awarded to RIL in 2005. Block 18 is situated in the offshore Gulf of Oman between Block 41 and the border with the Fujuriah offshore block. The two blocks comprises approximately 21,000 sq km of area each.
Investors in Anil Ambani group firm Reliance Communications have reaped a windfall with the company adding over Rs 50,000 crore (Rs 500 billion) in its market cap since its listing on the bourses last year.
Reliance Industries Ltd has found new natural gas reserves in Krishna Godavari basin D6 block off the east coast, the company's minority partner Niko Resources has said.
Mukesh Ambani-controlled Reliance Industries Ltd will hold its annual general meeting on August 3, in which the company's plans following the settlement of ownership of Reliance empire may come up for discussion.
Reliance Industries Ltd plans to invest over Rs 5,000 crore in setting up City Gas Distribution projects in eight cities in Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh for supply of natural gas to households, industries and automobiles.
Reliance Industries Ltd -on Saturday authorised its board committee to suggest a 'suitable scheme' of reorganisation in the wake of the settlement of ownership issues between the Ambanis.
Billionaire Mukesh Ambani on Friday backed the proposed data privacy and cryptocurrency bills, saying India is putting in place the most forward-looking policies and regulations. Ambani, who has been a votary of Indians owning and controlling their own data and the nation drafting strict rules around how digital information is stored and shared, said nations have the right to build and protect strategic digital infrastructure. Stating that data is the 'new oil', he said every citizen's right to privacy has to be safeguarded. "India is putting in place the most forward-looking policies and regulations," he said at the Infinity Forum, hosted by International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA).
Reliance Industries Ltd will invest Rs 2,000 crore (Rs 20 billion) for laying down methane gas pipelines in Satna, Mahiya and Shehdol in Madhya Pradesh.
Originally, the company had planned to invest $2.47 billion to produce 40 mmscmd gas. However, with rig prices going up and more reserves being found in the block the company raised the capex and the planned output.
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.
Securities and Exchange Board of India is keeping close watch on scrips of Reliance Industries Ltd in the light of allegations made by Anil Ambani about breach of corporate governance norms in RIL.
The fertiliser and power companies say that the cost of gas would be too high, making operating on gas economically unviable.
\nRIL had earlier proposed investment of $2.47 billion to produce 40 mmscmd for 7.5 years from discoveries -- Dhirubhai 1 and 3 (in the D6 block) -- out of a total 34 wells.
On the method of computation of its share value under the new dispensation for the purpose of taxation.
Reliance Industries Ltd, whose gas pricing formula has been questioned by Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group company Reliance Natural Resources Ltd, has said that the company has not breached a Bombay high court order.
