India

China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) has made an approach to UK-listed Imperial Energy.

Several Indian oil companies including Reliance Industries, Essar Oil, Videocon Group, Gujarat State Petroleum Company (GSPC), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL),... 2008-07-14

Indian oil companies may invest up to US$2.5bn to secure stakes in Canada's tar sands projects, according to India's oil secretary M. S. Srinivasan, speaking at the 19th World Petroleum... 2008-07-04

Iran is likely to award the development rights of the gas find at the Farsi Block to an Indian consortium led by ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL), according to Iranian oil minister Gholam... 2008-07-02

India has announced that it is re-thinking plans to join the proposed Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (Tapi) pipeline due to gas price concerns.

The Indian government has released the results of the seventh round of its National Exploration Licensing Policy (NELP VII), in which 57 exploration blocks were offered.

India's leading upstream exploration company Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has discovered an oilfield on its Farsi Block in south-west Iran, according to an Iranian official.... 2008-06-30

Company officials from Mumbai-based conglomerate Reliance Industries, India's largest private company, have announced plans to explore for oil in Peru and have said the company will... 2008-06-18

A group of Indian state oil companies aims to invest US$3bn to bring oil and gas discoveries onstream at the Farsi Block in Iran and is hoping to obtain a development contract shortly.... 2008-06-16

India's coalition government has decided to allow state-owned oil refiners to raise the price of gasoline, diesel and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), while simultaneously moving to... 2008-06-04