About | PETROWATCH

Petrowatch.com is the most visible, credible and authoritative oil and gas news brand in India. Published uninterrupted since February 1997 our website delivers daily and fortnightly market intelligence on the Indian oil and gas industry and is staffed by investigative journalists in Delhi, Mumbai, Ahmedabad and India’s remote but prospective northeast states, each with years of reporting experience working in the mainstream Indian and foreign press

Subscribers

Petrowatch.com subscribers are middle to senior managers, geologists, directors, managing directors and decision-makers at multinational and Indian companies operating in the Indian oil and gas space. Most work for private and public sector Indian companies looking for commercial and political information on the country’s exploration, production, midstream and downstream sectors. Vedanta, Shell, ExxonMobil, Hardy Oil and Petronas count among our 160+ customers for whom Petrowatch.com is a ‘must-have’ entry tool explaining India’s complex operating environment where few outside the country know it has a thriving oil and gas sector

Coverage

Petrowatch.com market intelligence gives you the ‘inside track’ on India’s heavily state-regulated oil and gas industry with insights on government policies, the dominant personalities, bureaucrats, politicians, industrialists and institutions that control this heavily regulated sector. Also covered are new projects, EPC tenders, seismic, drilling, rig and other E&P activity by ONGC, Oil India, Reliance, Vedanta, Essar and other small private sector operators, among them Hardy, HOEC, Selan, Sun Petro and Joshi. Strong emphasis is placed on the fast-expanding LNG sector, with spot LNG news, new import terminals, gas pricing, and planned multi-million dollar infrastructure tenders. Petrowatch.com also provides real-time reports on LNG cargo arrivals landing at the country’s four LNG import terminals at Dahej (operated by Petronet-LNG) and Gujarat (Shell and Total) as well as Kochi in Kerala (Petronet-LNG) and Dabhol (Ratnagiri Gas & Power)

Government

Petrowatch.com market intelligence provides critical insights into the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas (MoPNG) in Delhi with its intricate hierarchy of bureaucrats from the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) reporting to the senior-most bureaucrat of the day and ultimately to the oil minister. Also covered is the Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH) responsible for ensuring compliance with Production Sharing Contracts (PSCs) signed by oil companies for acreage won under the NELP, DSF and OALP licencing rounds. Covered in equal measure is the Petroleum & Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) set up to regulate the fast expanding City Gas Distribution (CGD) sector and delivery of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) for vehicles and Piped Natural Gas (PNG) to homes

Ethics

Petrowatch.com fully backs the nationwide campaign underway to clean up India’s public life and is not scared of uncovering corruption or pointing a finger at alleged wrong-doing by oil companies, politicians, bureaucrats or civil servants if it is supported by hard evidence. Petrowatch.com does not engage in cheque-book journalism or tolerate the payment of bribes to secure government documents and supports government efforts to stamp out this criminal activity. Our company has never uploaded confidential government documents, or traded them for monetary benefit. Our journalists collect news and market intelligence in the time-honoured way with a notebook, pen, telephone or through face-to-face meetings with industry friends and contacts

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