ONGC reports Q1 net profit of Rs.6,078 crore
August 11th, 2012 - 10:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, August 11 (IANS) Public sector oil and gas producer ONGC Saturday reported a net profit growth of 48.4 percent at Rs.6,078 crore for the quarter ending June 30, ... Read more...
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Brazil oil giant announces new find
August 4th, 2012 - 12:31 pm ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 4 (IANS/EFE) Brazilian state-controlled oil company Petrobras has announced the discovery of a new oil find at a deep-water well off the country's northeast coast.Petrobras said ... Read more...
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Brazilian oil giant makes new deep-water find
July 13th, 2012 - 11:58 am ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, July 13 (IANS/EFE) Brazilian state-controlled oil giant Petrobras said that it has discovered a new deep-water crude deposit.In a regulatory filing Wednesday, Petrobras said the find was ... Read more...
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China begins drilling in South China Sea
May 9th, 2012 - 3:51 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, May 9 (IANS) China's first deep-water drilling rig started operation in the South China Sea Wednesday, marking "a substantial step" by the country's oil industry, a newspaper reported.The sixth-generation ... Read more...
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China’s to drill in South China Sea
May 7th, 2012 - 9:21 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, May 7 (IANS) The first deep-water drilling rig developed in China will be put into service in the South China Sea Wednesday, the country's largest offshore oil producer said ... Read more...
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Mumbai harbour channel to be deepened, expanded for more traffic
March 1st, 2012 - 10:30 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 1 (IANS) In a major boost to maritime trade and commerce, the Indian government Thursday decided to deepen, lengthen and widen the harbour channel and entry points to ... Read more...
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L&T; quarterly net profit rises 12 percent
August 8th, 2011 - 6:21 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 8 (IANS) Engineering and construction major Larsen and Toubro Monday reported 12 percent increase in net profit at Rs.746.15 crore for the quarter ended June 30, against Rs.666.17 ... Read more...
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Manmohan Singh to dedicate new Kerala port to nation on Feb.11
February 7th, 2011 - 8:17 am ICT by ANI
Vallarpadom (Kerala), Feb.7 (ANI): The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, will dedicate the International Container Trans-shipment Terminal (ICTT) at Valarpadom, Kerala, to the nation on February 11.The new port, which will ... Read more...
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Petrobras finds oil signs during deepwater exploration
October 28th, 2010 - 12:45 pm ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, Oct 28 (IANS/EFE) Brazilian state-controlled energy giant Petrobras said signs of oil found at in its first deepwater exploration well in the Sergipe-Alagoas Basin mark the opening of a ... Read more...
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New deep-sea hot springs found in the Atlantic
October 8th, 2010 - 5:39 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 8 (ANI): Scientists have discovered a new hydrothermal vent 500 kilometres southwest of the Azores.Researchers from the MARUM Center for Marine Environmental Sciences and the Max Planck Institute for Marine ... Read more...
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New rice variety developed for water-logged areas (Lead)
September 22nd, 2010 - 7:13 pm ICT by IANS
By Jatindra Dash
Cuttack, Sep 22 (IANS) Indian agricultural scientists Wednesday claimed to have developed a new paddy variety for water- logged areas. Vast tracts of land under rice cultivation in many states ... Read more...
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Indian scientists develop new rice variety for water-logged areas
September 22nd, 2010 - 6:40 pm ICT by IANS
By Jatindra Dash
Bhubaneswar, Sep 22 (IANS) Scientists in India Wednesday claimed to have developed a new paddy variety for semi-deep water logged areas.The variety, christened "CR Dhan-501", was developed at ... Read more...
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Brazilian firm announces oil find
December 29th, 2009 - 12:35 pm ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, Dec 29 (IANS/EFE) Brazilian oil company OGX has said it found a new presence of hydrocarbons in a well in shallow waters of the Campos basin, off the coast ... Read more...
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ONGC starts oil exploration off Kochi coast in Kerala
August 2nd, 2009 - 10:23 pm ICT by ANI
Kochi (Kerala), Aug 2(ANI): Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) on Sunday started a major oil exploration drill off Kochi coast, which could give a major boost to Kerala's industrial prospects. ... Read more...
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Iron isotopes can be used as a tool in oceanography
August 2nd, 2009 - 1:47 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, August 2 (ANI): A new research, involving scientists from the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (NOCS), has highlighted the potential utility of iron isotopes for addressing important questions in ocean science.Pore-fluid iron ... Read more...
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India finalising claims on continental shelf to extend economic sovereignty (Lead)
March 8th, 2009 - 3:31 pm ICT by IANS
By Devirupa Mitra
New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) India is in the last stages of finalising its claims internationally on extending its claim into the continental shelf that will extend its economic sovereignty ... Read more...
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India finalising claims to continental shelf
March 8th, 2009 - 2:08 pm ICT by IANS
By Devirupa Mitra
New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) India is in the last stages of finalising its claims on extending its claim into the continental shelf before an international convention, which will increase ... Read more...
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Sri Lanka expects Cairn India to extract oil by 2010 (Lead)
July 7th, 2008 - 9:34 pm ICT by IANS
By P. Karunakharan
Colombo, July 7 (IANS) The Sri Lankan government Monday entered into a petroleum resources agreement with Cairn India Ltd to explore oil and natural gas deposits in the northwestern Mannar ... Read more...
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Essar to explore oil and gas off Vietnam’s coast
March 4th, 2008 - 8:08 pm ICT by admin
(Second Lead)New Delhi/Mumbai, March 4 (IANS) Essar Oil Ltd said Tuesday that its Mauritius-based subsidiary Essar Exploration and Production (EEPL) has bagged a licence to explore petroleum off Vietnam's Song Hong river ... Read more...
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Essar to explore oil and gas in Vietnam
March 4th, 2008 - 6:59 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) Private petroleum company Essar Oil Ltd said Tuesday that its Mauritius-based subsidiary Essar Exploration and Production (EEPL) has bagged a licence to explore oil and gas off ... Read more...
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