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Cals Refineries Ltd. Acquires the Cenco and Atas Refineries from the Hardt Group
Cals Refineries Ltd. (BSE: 526652) (“Cals”) and the Hardt Group (“Hardt”) today announced a definitive agreement for Cals to acquire the Cenco and Atas refinery assets owned by affiliates of Hardt and currently located in the United States and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.

Reliance Industries Limited and BP to participate across the gas value chain in India
BP to take a 30 per cent stake in 23 oil and gas blocks

Qatargas and Shell send first Qatargas 4 cargo to India
Qatargas and Shell today announced that the first cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the Qatargas 4 Project (70% Qatar Petroleum, and 30% Shell) has loaded. The cargo is en route to Hazira receiving terminal in India.

Bina refinery's two units go on-stream
Naftogaz India said Sunday it has completed work on two projects of Bharat Oman Refineries Limited, a joint venture of the state-run Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) and Oman Oil, at Bina in Madhya Pradesh.

Transocean Ltd. Announces Discoverer India Begins Minimum Five-Year Contract With Reliance Industries
Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG) (SIX: RIGN) today announced that the newbuild ultra-deepwater drillship Discoverer India has commenced operations for Reliance Industries in India under a minimum five-year drilling contract. By December 31, 2010, Reliance can choose to extend the term of the contract to either seven or 10 years.

Punj Lloyd announces three new contract wins worth Rs 1595 crore
Punj Lloyd Group, the diversified global engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) conglomerate, today announced three new contract wins valued at Rs 1595 crore -

Essar Projects bags Rs. 1400 crore contract from Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.
Essar Projects (I) Ltd. (EPIL), India’s leading engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) , company, today said that it has achieved a new landmark in the EPC business space by bagging a contract valued at Rs. 1,400 Crore from Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL). EPIL emerged as the winner against stiff international competition. With this contract, the current order book size of Essar Project is in excess of USD 5.5 billion.

Essar Oil to further increase Vadinar refinery capacity to 20 million tonnes per annum
Essar Oil Ltd (EOL) has decided to undertake a project to further enhance the capacity of its Vadinar refinery to 20 million tonnes per annum (MMTPA).