Indian oil market outlook to 2030
The Report looks in-depth at how India’s role on the global oil market may evolve over the period through to 2030. It examines investment plans for the refining and petrochemical industry and how these
Oil
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Canada's Oil Sand Battle With Europe
On May 9, the government of Alberta released a study into the extra carbon emitted by crude produced using oil sands instead of more conventional sources. The study, by a unit of California-based Jacobs
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Argentina Slows Climate Action Amid Energy Supply Crisis
While its Latin American neighbors move forward with national climate laws, Argentina is backsliding on actions to tackle its greenhouse gas emissions as the country struggles to meet energy demand from
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Canada Set To Miss Modest Emissions Goals: Watchdog
Canada is acting too slowly to combat climate change and has little chance of achieving its modest 2020 target for cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, Parliament's environmental watchdog said on Tuesday.
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Oil Ministry fines Reliance Ind $1 billion
‘Fresh arbitration notice needed if it were to contest the fine' After slapping a hefty penalty of over $1 billion on Reliance Industries for failing to meet gas output targets, the Oil Ministry said the company's five-month-old arbitration notice on the issue was not valid and a fresh notice was required if it were to contest the fine.
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New Proposal on Fracking Gives Ground to Industry
The Obama administration on Friday issued a proposed rule governing hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas on public lands that will for the first time require disclosure of the chemicals used in the process.
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Golden rules for a golden age of gas: world energy outlook special report on unconventional gas
Natural gas is poised to enter a golden age, but this future hinges critically on the successful development of the world’s vast unconventional gas resources. North American experience shows unconventional
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U.S. presses criminal charges on BP engineer in spill case
The U.S. Justice Department broke new ground in the case against BP for causing the worst oil spill in the country's history when it brought criminal charges against a BP engineer for obstructing justice by deleting communications regarding the true size of the spill. The engineer, Kurt Mix (51), has been arrested. On April 20, 2010, BP's Deepwater Horizon rig in the Gulf of Mexico suffered a major explosion that killed 11 workers and went on to spew close to 62,000 barrels of oil per day into the Gulf, causing unprecedented damage to the surrounding environment and marine life.
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Apex court issues notice to Centre on plea challenging Cairn-Vedanta deal
The Supreme Court on Monday issued a notice to the Centre on a petition demanding that the Government approval for the Cairn Energy-Vedanta Resources deal be declared invalid. The court also issued
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EU's green fuel ranking would cost little-report
Proposed EU law requiring fuel suppliers to report the carbon intensity of their product, and which also rank oil from tar sands as particularly polluting, would only cost vehicle drivers around one euro
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GSPC hikes CNG, PNG prices
Ahmedabad: The state public sector undertaking (PSU), GSPC Gas has hiked piped natural gas (PNG) prices by 30 per cent and compressed natural gas (CNG) prices by 10 per cent. Citing non-allocation of cheaper natural gas from the Union government as the reason for the hike, GSPC Gas Company (GGC), a subsidiary of GSPC, revised PNG prices from Rs 16.91 per standard cubic meter to Rs 20.91 per scm and CNG from Rs 45.25 per kg to Rs 50.20 per kg. The revision of PNG prices will be for domestic users.