Entries from India Chemicals Blog tagged with 'gas'

Family feuds

It seems to be the season for family disputes and India is not the only country seeing this. Reliance Industries has company in South Korea's Kumho Petrochemicals where two brothers are struggling to take control of the Kumho Asiana Group....

Empty promises

The 100-day fever is fast spreading and the Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilisers is the latest casualty. A very bland press release outlining what the ministry plans to achieve over the next three months has come my way. I started...

Students still love IT

Indian information technology (IT) companies may no longer be queuing up at campuses for fresh graduates but engineering students continue to rank this sector above all others, according to the latest Nielsen Campus Track T-Schools study. Chemicals, not surprisingly, does...

Reliance pumps oil

It is finally here. After years of waiting and rumours of delays Reliance Industries has finally started pumping oil from its massive KG-D6 block of the Krishna Godavari basin. Initially about 5,000 bbls/day of crude is being pumped out although...

Petchem politics

Will politics help Indian petrochemical companies gain access to cheap Saudi feedstock? Well, the government appears to be making an effort in this direction. During his visit to Saudi Arabia last week, India's external affair minister emphasised the need for...

Gas policy to favour fertilisers

India’s draft natural gas utilisation policy is expected to prioritise the requirements of the fertiliser sector over petrochemicals. The enormous volumes of gas generated from the fields of the east coast and west coast India would be first given to...

More on gas...

Any talk of oil and gas inevitably leads to Reliance Industries and its lucky strikes in the Krisha-Godavari and Cauvery basins in India. The finds are the foundation for Reliance’s upstream business but a lot of work still needs to...

Gas, gas everywhere

Gas dominates Indian headlines these days be it new finds or the price at which it will be made available to end-users. If you are short of time and would like to get to the heart of the matter fast,...