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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Oil refineries a critique: standing committee on petroleum & natural gas (2008-09)
The Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas is entrusted with the
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Kazakh oil-field pact set
A group of Western oil companies signed an agreement with the Kazakhstan government resolving a long-running dispute over one of the world's largest oil fields. For months, the Kashagan field in the Caspian Sea has been the focus of a standoff between the Kazakh authorities and a group of companies led by ENI SpA of Italy.
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Carbon capture and storage in Norway
Strong economic and political motives, combined with a partly positive and partly silent NGO community have contributed greatly to the present strong commitment towards the use of CCS in Norway.
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Fuel economy trends in industrialized countries: when the rubber hits the road
Recent efforts to raise fuel efficiency for automobiles in the United States is a welcome first step for reducing carbon emissions from the transport sector. Schipper also suggests that fuel efficiency is not the only step that should be stimulated by national or local policies. Measures that reduce or even eliminate the need for driving must be promoted. These include transit oriented development, mixed-use, high-density neighborhoods, parking and road fees, mass transportation systems and congestion pricing schemes, like the one Mayor Bloomberg has proposed for New York City.
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Opec pushes output to record level
Opec pushed its oil production to the highest level in its 48-year history last month, even as demand was slipping in the US and Eur-ope, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said yesterday. The combination of surplus supply and weaker demand has pushed oil prices to $113.50 a barrel, down 24 per cent in the last month and the lowest level since late April.
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Effluent and emission standards for oil refineries: guidelines
The effluent and emission standards for oil refineries were notified under Environment (Protection) Act in the years 1986 and 1990, respectively. These standards were same for old & new refineries and considered only few parameters. There was need to include additional parameters viz. Oxides of Nitrogen (NOx), Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs), etc.
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Is it time to re-rate corporate India? (Debate)
Finally it boils down to whether rating firms took a life-cycle approach while rating India Inc or did they think easy money and high demand were here to stay. D R DOGRA, Deputy Managing Director, CARE "In a situation where demand is slowing while costs are rising, credit rating firms will need to introspect and look at the ratings that have been given a lot more closely"
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Baghdad invites in foreign oil companies
Iraq on Monday invited foreign companies to bid for contracts developing eight of its oil and gas fields, launching a process that will let big international oil companies back into the country for the first time in more than 30 years. Hussein Shahristani, oil minister, said the six oilfields being offered for tender were the "backbone' of Iraq's industry, and hoped foreign investment would help lift output to 4.5m barrels per day by 2013, from 2.5m b/d today.
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US signs new energy law
The us president, George W Bush, signed a new energy law on December 19. It intends to reduce reliance on oil imports and sets higher fuel efficiency standards for the first time since 1975.
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Current world fertilizer trends and outlook to 2011/12
This report provides an overview of information on the world fertilizer situation in 2007/08 and a forecast till 2011/12. The fertilizer situation is examined in relation to crop production and factors likely to affect the latter. High commodity prices experienced over recent years led to increased production and correspondingly greater fertilizer consumption as reflected in tight markets and higher fertilizer prices at the start of the outlook period. While demand for basic food crops, for high value crops such as fruit and vegetables, for animal products and for crops capable of being used to produce bio-fuels is likely to remain strong, it is expected that increased fertilizer consumption required to support higher levels of production will be adequately catered for by growing supply world wide during the outlook period.