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Scientists Discover Oil-Eating Bacteria at the Bottom of the Ocean

Scientists from Ocean University in Qingdao, China and the University of East Anglia in Norwich, England have discovered a...

📅 April 17, 2019

India cuts import tax on crude palm oil sourced from ASEAN nations from 44% to 40%

India has slashed import taxes on crude and refined palm oil sourced from Southeast Asian (ASEAN) countries after...

📅 January 2, 2019

Government forms Rajiv Kumar Committee to look at selling of OIL, ONGC fields to private companies

Union Government has constituted six-member committee to look at selling as many as 149 small and marginal oil...

📅 December 3, 2018

CCEA approves survey project of Un-appraised Areas of Sedimentary Basins

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved survey project to acquire 48,243 Line Kilometer (LKM) 2D...

📅 September 12, 2017

National Seismic Programme launched in Odisha

The Union Government has launched National Seismic Programme (NSP) to trace hydrocarbon resources like oil and natural gas...

📅 October 15, 2016

Union Cabinet approves MFP for Development of Hydrocarbon discoveries

Union Cabinet has approved Marginal Fields Policy (MFP) to aunction small and marginal unexploited hydrocarbon discoveries by state owned...

📅 September 2, 2015

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