Indian consumers are seeking to diversify their sourcing contracts by balancing US Henry Hub linked LNG purchases with oil linked contracts
State gas utility GAIL (India) Ltd on Friday signed an agreement with Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd for long-term charter hire of a newly built LNG ship. The pact was signed through the ship-owning company established in Singapore, GAIL said in a statement. The LNG ship will be a modern two-stroke vessel having a tank capacity of 1,74,000 cubic metres and will be built by Samsung Heavy Industries Co Ltd, Korea, with which the ship owning company has concluded a shipbuilding contract. The contract was signed in the presence of R K Jain, GAIL Director (Finance), Sanjay Kumar, GAIL Director (Marketing), and R K Singhal, GAIL Director (Business Development) by S Bairagi, GAIL Executive Director (Marketing - Shipping & International LNG) and Satoshi Kanamori, Managing Executive Officer (LNG, Carbon Solution Business), K-Line. "This is the first long-term time charter contract between GAIL and K-Line involving a newly built vessel which is expected to be engaged in transportation of ...
With this, the company tends to revive GMPL's 1.25 MMTPA PTA manufacturing plant located in the Special Economic Zone (SEZ), Mangalore
State-owned gas utility GAIL (India) Ltd on Thursday said it has signed a 10-year deal to buy up to 0.52 million tonnes per annum of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Abu Dhabi's ADNOC Gas starting 2026. This is the first sales and purchase agreement (SPA) that ADNOC Gas has signed with an Indian buyer. "The LNG will be delivered in six cargoes per year from ADNOC Gas' Das Island natural gas facility, which has an LNG processing capacity of 6.0 million tonnes per annum. It is the third longest established LNG plant still in production globally," GAIL said in a statement. Sanjay Kumar, Director (Marketing), GAIL said: "India is witnessing a growing demand for LNG to meet its increasing natural gas demand in a diversified sectoral pattern. GAIL plans to significantly increase its term LNG portfolio in the coming years to meet this rising demand. This SPA with ADNOC Gas is a crucial step in this direction, enabling GAIL to augment its existing LNG portfolio to better serve its diverse .
GAIL plans to add 80 new compressed natural gas (CNG) stations and 120,000 new domestic piped natural gas or PNG connections in next two years
Gail reported a 2.81 per cent rise in consolidated revenue from operations to Rs 33,981.3 crore in Q2FY25 as compared to Rs 33,049.7 crore in Q2 FY24
The latest rise in net profits was driven by higher earnings from various segments
Q2 results today, November 5: GAIL India, Oil India, Merger Paints, Mankind Pharma, and Saregama will be releasing their earnings report for the July-September quarter on Nov 5
Gail's contracted LNG volumes total about 15.5 million tons a year and include supplies from the US, Qatar and Australia, according to its annual report
State-owned gas utility GAIL (India) Ltd will start importing LNG under two new contracts from 2026 and has added one more ship to transport the fuel, its Chairman Sandeep Kumar Gupta said on Wednesday. The company had in January this year signed back-to-back deals to import liquefied natural gas (LNG). It first signed deal to import 1 million tonnes of LNG from Dutch energy trader Vitol for 10 years and then another agreement to buy 0.5 million tonne per annum of LNG from UAE's ADNOC-Gas. "As a leading natural gas player, your company recognises the importance of ensuring supply security. In this direction, we have signed two 10-year LNG supply agreements, starting in 2026: 1 million tonnes from Vitol Asia Pte Ltd, Singapore and 0.5 million tonnes from ADNOC Gas, UAE," he said at the company's annual general meeting. LNG is natural gas, extracted from below the surface, that has been cooled down to liquid form for ease and safety of non-pressurised storage or transport. GAIL will
Nearly a dozen candidates on Sunday appeared for interview before a search-cum-selection panel that is looking to appoint the new chairman of Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), the nation's largest oil firm, sources said. While 10 out of the nearly 60 candidates who applied were called for interviews, GAIL chairman and managing director Sandeep Gupta is being considered a wildcard. Gupta had not applied but was called for the interview, three sources aware of the matter said. "They had invited 10 of the candidates who had applied. Gupta was the 11th person to be interviewed," one of them said. Gupta, 58, was director (finance) in IOC before he was appointed the CMD of gas utility GAIL in October 2022. Those interviewed on Sunday included two directors on IOC board - Satish Kumar Vaduguri (Director-Marketing) and Arvind Kumar (Director-Refineries). Five executive directors of the company too were interviewed. Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) director (marketing) Sukhmal Kumar J
State-owned CIL on Monday said it has entered into a joint venture agreement with GAIL (India) Ltd to set up a coal-to-synthetic natural gas project in West Bengal. While Coal India Ltd (CIL) will have 51 per cent shareholding in the joint venture, GAIL, the nation's largest gas transportation and distribution firm, will have 49 per cent. The joint venture will be incorporated as a private limited company. The initial paid-up share capital is Rs 1 lakh, CIL said in a BSE filing. The registered office of the joint venture will be in West Bengal and CIL and GAIL each will have the right to nominate three executives as directors of the JV. Earlier this year, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs had approved setting up a coal-to-synthetic natural gas project through a joint venture between CIL and GAIL, and a coal-to-ammonium nitrate project through a venture between CIL and BHEL. CIL will set up two coal gasification plants as part of efforts to achieve the target of 100 MT coal
GAIL has broken out of a resistance zone of Rs 233 - Rs 235. The breakout has been accompanied with above average volume.
CR Prasad, former chairman and managing director of state-owned gas utility GAIL (India) Ltd, has died. He was 83. Prasad died on Saturday, GAIL said in a post on LinkedIn. It, however, did not give reasons for the death. "Dr CR Prasad joined GAIL as Director (Planning) in 1994 and rose to the position of CMD in 1996," it said. He was chairman and managing director (CMD) of the company till his superannuation in 2001. "He was instrumental in transforming GAIL into a company strategically positioned for forward and backward integration, thereby unlocking the full potential of the gas value chain. "His visionary leadership established a robust foundation, characterised by the core values and competencies that define the company today. A meticulous project manager, he consistently delivered projects on time and within budget, solidifying his reputation as a pioneer in LPG, liquid hydrocarbons, and petrochemicals," it said. Industry leaders condoled his death. Suresh P Manglani, CEO
CR Prasad, former chairman and managing director of state-owned gas utility GAIL (India) Ltd, has died. He was 83. Prasad died on Saturday, GAIL said in a post on LinkedIn. It, however, did not give reasons for the death. "Dr CR Prasad joined GAIL as Director (Planning) in 1994 and rose to the position of CMD in 1996," it said. He was chairman and managing director (CMD) of the company till his superannuation in 2001. "He was instrumental in transforming GAIL into a company strategically positioned for forward and backward integration, thereby unlocking the full potential of the gas value chain. "His visionary leadership established a robust foundation, characterised by the core values and competencies that define the company today. A meticulous project manager, he consistently delivered projects on time and within budget, solidifying his reputation as a pioneer in LPG, liquid hydrocarbons, and petrochemicals," it said. Industry leaders condoled his death. Suresh P Manglani, CEO
Analysts believe that there could be tariff hikes of 10-12 per cent starting in H2FY25 and continuing through FY26 and this could boost FY26 net profit as well
Government-owned shares witnessed intense selling pressure as analysts feared that the relatively poor showing of the Modi-government may impact its reforms agenda.
State-owned oil and gas giants including IndianOil, ONGC and GAIL (India) Ltd have been slapped with fines for the fourth straight quarter for failing to meet listing requirements of having the requisite number of directors on their board. Stock exchanges imposed a cumulative fine of Rs 34 lakh on oil refining and fuel marketing giants Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) and Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL), explorers Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and Oil India Ltd (OIL), gas utility GAIL, and refiner Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL) for not meeting the listing requirement in the January-March quarter, stock exchange filings showed. In separate filings, the companies detailed the fines imposed by the BSE and NSE for either not having the requisite number of independent directors or the mandated women director in the quarter ended March 31, 2024 (fourth quarter of 2023-24 fiscal year), but were quick to point out tha
The new ethane cracking unit aims to meet the domestic demand for petrochemicals, which is projected to nearly triple to $1 trillion by 2040
Latest rise was due to low base in Q4 FY23 as a result of supply disruptions