Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Dr. Amit Kumar Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 28/05/2025. The applicant has raised a grievance against setting up of a tyre pyrolysis plant by M/s Adideva Carbon LLP. According to the applicant, the tyre pyrolysis plant has …
We would like to respond to some of the points raised in the company by Ratan Watal on behalf of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) and provide some suggestions that we believe will help improve the functioning of the board.
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) today approved splitting of an oil and gas block falling in Assam and Nagaland into two so that exploration that previously could not be completed in Nagaland can now be taken up. A meeting of the CCEA, chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, …
The 2009 edition of the World Energy Outlook (WEO) provides updated projections that take into account the implications of the global credit crisis, the economic slowdown and the recent slump in the prices of oil and other forms of energy. It also presents in-depth analysis of three special topics: Financing …
IBM and Acclimatise have joined forces to release the third report in a landmark adaptation series. This report is based on the responses from Global Oil & Gas companies to the Carbon Disclosure Project 2008. Produced by Acclimatise and sponsored by IBM, the report explores the business implications of inevitable …
After four years of suffering financial losses, India's first gas-based power project, Ratnagiri Gas & Power Private Ltd (RGPPL), is now set to make its mark on India's power scene. The company had suffered a Rs600-crore loss in 2008-09, due to fall in capacity generation because of machinery breakdowns. For …
The tepid response to the eighth round of the New Exploration Licensing Policy questions its overwhelming merits Bids have been received for only 36 of the 70 blocks, offered for exploration in the eighth round of the New Exploration Licensing Policy (NELP). The government remains sanguine about the response, considering …
In its journey as the leading oil and gas exploration company in the world, ONGC (Established 1956), which contributes over 80 per cent of India's oil and gas production, has single-handedly scripted its hydrocarbon saga. Crude may be flaring above $70 a barrel but at the swanky headquarters of Oil …
Converting coal-bed methane into liquefied natural gas is a fledgling industry but one that has attracted heavyweight oil and gas groups to the Australian state of Queensland. Royal Dutch Shell, ConocoPhillips of the US, the UK
A technology to bury underground the greenhouse gas emissions produced from burning coal must be ready for global deployment by 2017-2019, U.S. energy secretary Steven Chu said on Monday. Coal is the world's single biggest source of carbon emissions, at 40 percent. Other sources included burning oil and natural gas, …
More lucrative British incentives to produce energy from rotting and gasified waste are driving a push to biogas, following a wider European trend. More farmers aim to use crop waste to generate electricity from burning biogas while big business is considering the same for industrial waste, after Britain introduced more …
The long-awaited "smart grid" for U.S. power could play a major role in rolling out renewable energy like wind and solar, the top U.S. power regulator said on Wednesday. Demand response, the heart of the "smart grid" concept of a power system that can respond immediately to changes in supply …
Filling your vehicle's tank with fuel made from algae is still as much as a decade away, as the emerging industry faces a series of hurdles to find an economical way to make the biofuel commercially. Estimates on a timeline for a commercial product, and profits, vary from two to …
NAVI MUMBAI: In a bid to mitigate the power crisis faced by the industries, the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) is setting up a natural gas infrastructure at the industrial estates, including Thane, Dombivli, Navi Mumbai, Taloja, Poisar, Palghar, etc. According to MIDC, the corporation plans to supply gas to …
Amidst call for an uniform pricing of natural gas prevalent in the country, GAIL India has begun hiring consultants for conducting a study on the topic. The fertiliser sector, which will move to a new nutrient-based subsidy system, has asked for uniform pricing of natural gas. Under the new system, …
Reliance Industries has threatened to stop oil and gas exploration if it is not granted the promised drilling moratorium to cover for the acute shortage of rigs.
The project of countrywide piped gas is UPA's first Big Idea Under flak for its handling of the kg Basin gas controversy and its inability to get a fix on petrol prices through deregulation, the much-maligned petroleum and natural gas ministry now hopes to earn rookie points from the public …
The Energy Statistics in Asia and the Pacific (1990-2006) is a compilation of energy production, trade, transformation and consumption of the regional members of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Asia and the Pacific. Data show that despite having 56% of the world's population, the Asia and Pacific region produced …
Amitav Ranjan The petroleum ministry plans to change the royalty sharing mechanism to include direct compensation for villages and individuals who forgo their land for oil and gas production. The oil and gas producer, instead of paying the full royalty on onshore producing fields to the states, would retain 5 …
New estimation of gas reserved in Bibiyana field is now 6.6 trillion cubic feet (CFT) which is more than 2TCF higher than earlier estimate, sources in Petrobangla said. US gas and oil multinational Chevron has submitted the report on new estimation to the state-run Petrobangla putting the "proven recoverable reserve" …
