Shale oil exploration in India is not going to be all that easy

While the government has decide to integrate all hydrocarbon reserves under a single licence, if an operator looking for conventional oil were to stumble on shale gas reserves, the parameters of his operations will be dramatically different. 
8Studies of shale gas wells in the...http://goo.gl/WNluOb 

Data viewing for small fields extended: Some fields can yield good results

After all the brouhaha about the road shows around the auction of small fields in India, the DGH has extended the last date for data room viewing to October 31, 2016. The last date of submission has not been announced as yet but it is likely to be November 30, or later...http://goo.gl/WNluOb

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Data viewing for small fields extended: We can provide you a low cost option
Data viewing for small fields extended: We cover the full spectrum of E&P services
Data viewing for small fields extended: Benefits and deliverables

The future of E&P industry: Still very bright, says the optimists

There are two schools of thought in the energy business today.
8There is the climate change lobby that continues to project the death of the oil industry.
8On the other side, there are entities such as OPEC and BP who have done elaborate studies to back up their claim that the oil and gas industry will continue to play an important role in the energy sector in the future...http://goo.gl/WNluOb 

New technology to do away with naphtha crackers: Savings of up to $ 200 per tonne of ethylene possible

Oil majors ExxonMobil and Saudi Aramco have individually developed new steam cracking processes that allow...http://goo.gl/WNluOb 

ONGC's mega logging services tender: Up to 50% drop in prices

ONGC had elicited a drop of up to 50% in prices in the tender for hiring of wireline, logging, perforation, well shuttle and TCP-DST services along with associated equipment for onshore and offshore activities...http://goo.gl/WNluOb

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ONGC's mega logging services tender: Contract with HLSA extended on nomination basis
ONGC's mega logging services tender: People behind the tender

Opportunities in KG-DWN-98-2: Meet the lady who will shape the $ 5 billion investment in the block

ONGC and its Owner Engineering Consultant, INTECSEA Asia Pacific Sdn, Kuala Lampur, are furiously at work to finalize the Pre-Feed, conceptual engineering, interface boundaries as well as the Basis of Design of the $ 5 billion KG-DWN-98/2 development...http://goo.gl/WNluOb

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Opportunities in KG-DWN-98-2: Houston office of INTECSEA is in charge of the FPSO package
Opportunities in KG-DWN-98-2: Key people who are involved with the FPSO package
Opportunities in KG-DWN-98-2: Evacuation pipeline design for offshore platform left to the LSTK contractor
Opportunities in KG-DWN-98-2: Key ingredients of the main process platform
Opportunities in KG-DWN-98-2: INTECSEA to review ONGC's casing design for two wells as well

Deepwater gas investment in India: Accurate scenario planning holds the key

Scenario planning is now an inevitable exercise for producers of deepwater gas in India.
8And these planners are in a quandary because of conflicting data on how gas demand and...http://goo.gl/WNluOb 

KG-DWN-98/2 development: Design changes eliminate one offshore platform

It is learnt that INTERSEA is working hard to create the specifications for the $ 5 billion KG-DWN-98/2 development programme of ONGC...http://goo.gl/WNluOb

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KG-DWN-98/2 development: ONGC taking liberties with INTERSEA contract

"Lower for ever" oil prices: ONGC is not prepared

Is ONGC really prepared for "lower for longer" oil prices?
8The company's poor financial performance in Q-1 2016-17 should alert both the company brass as well as the government to take steps to cut costs and rein in...http://goo.gl/WNluOb

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"Lower for ever" oil prices: ONGC must learn from its global compatriots

Refinery upgradation: IOC to go the EPCM route

Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOC) has decided to adopt the EPCM model for implementing all of its big-ticket BS-IV refinery upgradation programmes.
8The EPCM contractor will be none other than...http://goo.gl/WNluOb

B-127 Cluster Pipeline project: Swiber manages to stay on in the race

The competition has widened for the B-127 Cluster Pipeline project in Mumbai High after it was re-tendered following the inability of the earlier consortium -- that of Punj Lloyd and...http://goo.gl/WNluOb 

Black listing a company in ONGC: The jury is till out

There is still a lot of debate going on in ONGC over how to black list a company or put it on holiday in case of a serious default...http://goo.gl/WNluOb

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Black listing a company in ONGC: Should work be suspended once a company is sent on "holiday"?

ONGC's $ 5 billion KG-DWN-98/2 contract: Pre-FEED work awarded for Rs 120 crore

ONGC has taken a decision last week to award a Rs 130 crore contract for the Owner's Engineering Consultant for the development of the KG-DWN-98/2 block but on a post-facto basis...http://goo.gl/WNluOb

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ONGC's $ 5 billion KG-DWN-98/2 contract: Work has begun in 60 different categories
ONGC's $ 5 billion KG-DWN-98/2 contract: Know your key contacts
ONGC's $ 5 billion KG-DWN-98/2 contract: Tight deadlines fixed

Unanswered questions in the Shah Commission Report: Why did the DGH counsel exceed his brief?

 For reference purposes, the website carries here the immaculately argued full report of the Justice Ajit Prakash Shah Committee Report on the extraction of gas by RIL's D-6 block from the adjacent fields of ONGC.
There are some very interesting findings in the report:...http://goo.gl/WNluOb

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Unanswered questions in the Shah Commission Report: Why did the ONGC brass stay quiet since 2007?
Unanswered questions in the Shah Commission Report: How much money was ONGC asking for?
Unanswered questions in the Shah Commission Report: Who does the report really favour?
Unanswered questions in the Shah Commission Report: What will ONGC do next?