Woman gang-raped for two consecutive days in Assam, no arrests yet

Last Updated: Saturday, February 1, 2014, 23:21

In a shocking incident, a 22-year-old woman was gang-raped for the last two consecutive days allegedly by a group of five to seven persons, police said on Saturday.

Global energy demand growth slowing: BP Energy Outlook 2035

Last Updated: Monday, January 20, 2014, 13:00

Global energy demand continues to rise but that growth is slowing and is mainly driven by emerging economies led by China and India, says the BP Energy Outlook 2035.

RIL-BP to quadruple KG-D6 output to 50 mmscmd by 2020

Last Updated: Sunday, January 19, 2014, 17:10

Having reversed the falling output at KG-D6, Reliance Industries and its partner BP plc will quadruple production at the eastern offshore fields to around 50 million standard cubic meters per day by 2020.

RIL repairing three shut wells at KG-D6 to raise gas output

Last Updated: Monday, January 13, 2014, 14:27

"We can't drill any more wells on (main) Dhirubhai 1 and 3 (D1&D3) fields," RIL Executive Director P M S Prasad told reporters here.

RIL-BP avert shutdown of KG-D6 fields

Last Updated: Sunday, January 12, 2014, 15:58

With Oil Minister M Veerappa Moily approving of the remedial measures that were pending for nearly 18 months, RIL-BP last week added the first production well on the block in more than four years to ramp up output by over 15 per cent to 13.7 million standard cubic metres per day.

US court upholds BP settlement for Gulf oil spill

Last Updated: Saturday, January 11, 2014, 11:32

A US federal appeals court upheld on Saturday a multibillion-dollar settlement between BP and coastal residents and businesses hit by the company`s massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill in 2010.

US appeals court affirms BP settlement in 2010 Gulf oil spill

Last Updated: Saturday, January 11, 2014, 10:44

BP had supported the settlement agreement leading up to the December 2012 ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Carl Barbier approving it. But the company has since argued the administration of the settlement is faulty because it allows claimants without actual damages to join in.

BP says subsidy, bottlenecks hurt India investment prospects

Last Updated: Thursday, January 9, 2014, 23:20

BP Plc, the largest foreign investor in India's energy sector, today said a non-conducive business environment and subsidies have diluted the country's attractiveness to investors.

RIL ramps up gas output from KG-D6

Last Updated: Thursday, January 9, 2014, 12:18

Reversing the declining trend, Reliance Industries has ramped up gas production at KG-D6 fields by about 15 percent as it added the first production well on the eastern offshore fields in almost four years.

RIL to increase KG-D6 gas output

Last Updated: Friday, January 3, 2014, 13:34

RIL and its partners BP plc of UK and Canada's Niko Resources have spud the seventh well on the MA oil and gas field in the KG-DWN-98/3 or KG-D6 block in Krishna Godavari basin.

BP Gulf oil spill still killing dolphins

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 1, 2014, 11:40

A new study has revealed that BP gulf oil spill is still influencing dolphin mortality, prognosis and reproductive health.

RIL, BP to give $1.2 bn bank guarantee for higher gas price

Last Updated: Sunday, December 29, 2013, 11:14

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) had on December 20 decided to allow RIL to almost double the price of natural gas from April, 2014 provided the firm gave a bank guarantee to cover its liability if gas-hoarding charges are proved.