17 dec – Indian oil firms need to bring in foreign players to unlock resources: Dharmendra Pradhan

  Indian oil firms need to bring in foreign players to unlock resources: Dharmendra PradhanNEW DELHI: India’s oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan asked exploration companies to consider farming out their acreages to global players with advanced technology to expedite development and raise oil and gas output. India, the world’s third biggest oil importer and consumer, depends…

14 DEC – BPCL bid evaluation meet on Tuesday; Vedanta, Apollo Global in race

    A high-powered committee will, on Tuesday, evaluate preliminary bids received from mining-to-oil conglomerate Vedanta and private equity firms Apollo Global and I Squared Capital’s arm Think Gas for buying the government’s 52.98 per cent stake in Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), sources said.   Last week, an inter-ministerial meet was held to discuss…