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 …
Australian construction company Leighton Holdings Ltd on Tuesday announced that it has bagged a contract from Oil and Natural Gas Corporation worth $720 million for building an oil and gas pipeline in India. Leighton will install over 200 km of fixed and flexible pipelines for ONGC in the Mumbai High …
At a time when the country is faced with a severe shortage of power, the leading power generation company National Thermal Power Corporation's (NTPC) six gas-based power plants with a total installed capacity of 3,605 MW are lying under-utilised due to shortage of natural gas. Official sources said that even …
Royal Dutch Shell has been quietly working with Iraq's oil ministry over the past two years, advising it on how to increase the production of two oilfields. Under an agreement struck after the 2003 invasion, no one from the company, Europe's largest oil group, has set foot in the troubled …
An environmental dispute brewing between Kazakhstan and a foreign oil consortium tapping the Karachaganak field might herald further moves by the central Asian country to gain influence over the crown jewels of its oil industry. A Kazakhstan court fined the KPO group $15m on Tuesday for unauthorised gas emissions at …
DINESH KUMAR PANDE, Director (Exploration), ONGC, is a many-sided man. A petroleum geologist by profession, he joined the ONGC in 1976. He has extensive knowledge of the geology and geophysics [G&G;] of the various basins of India. His contribution in the sphere of exploration has been innovative and he was …
THE ONGC Videsh Limited (OVL), a subsidiary whose primary business is to bid for oil and gas acreages abroad and produce hydrocarbons, is going places. According to R.S. Butola, Managing Director, OVL, the company contributes 8 million tonnes of oil and oil-equivalent gas, which he says, is "quite significant from …
The proposed gas allocation policy, which will override the government's commitment to allow sale and purchase of gas on the basis of market diktats, has cast a shadow over the country's emerging market for the commodity. In the New Exploration and Licensing Policy (NELP)
GAIL India, the country's largest transporter and marketer of natural gas, will set up a wholly owned subsidiary to sell gas to households, vehicles and industries in cities across the country. IN THE PIPELINE # GAIL will register the new company in next 2-3 months # The government-owned gas utility …
Chevron, the US oil and gas company, said on Monday it would develop a second liquefied natural gas hub in Australia, adding to its Gorgon venture and rivalling a neighbouring project owned by Woodside Petroleum, the Australian producer. The US energy company said it was studying where along the coast …
'Unauthorised' laying of new pipelines cannot be allowed, says gas regulator. The Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) seems to be heading for a collision with the gas distribution companies that it is supposed to regulate. According to the gas regulator, no company can build or expand a gas …
The world's international oil groups are turning to gas for future growth after increasingly being blocked by national companies from pursuing oil opportunities. Gas-centred deals such as Chevron's 2005 acquisition of Unocal, ConocoPhillips' 2006 purchase of Burlington Resources and Eni's buy-out of Dominion's assets in the Gulf of Mexico last …
Eni, the Italian oil and gas group, plans to invest $4bn in Venezuela, the biggest commitment to the country by a western oil company since President Hugo Ch
South Asia being an energy-deficit region, there is a strong case for developing regional cooperation in this sector. This may take different forms. India has surplus petroleum refining capacity while other countries in the region are importers of petroleum products. The real benefits will accrue from cooperation in power generation.
Proper energy planning is essential for achieving energy security. Every country has to formulate its own policy to optimize the use of different energy sources for meeting the demands of its household, agricultural, industrial and commercial sectors. This necessitates an integrated and updated database of the production and consumption of …
Says important issues are under discussion Pakistan to levy transit fee for safety and security of the pipeline Will be built as per global standards and incorporate all safety measures NEW DELHI: India is pursuing the issue of import of natural gas from Iran through the Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline, and …
The production of crude oil from the country's sedimentary basins fell marginally by 0.3 per cent to 2.89 million tonne (mt) in January this year compared with 2.90 mt in January 2007. The output was, however, marginally higher than the 2.88 mt in December, data released by the petroleum ministry …
Energy security has to go hand in hand with economic development and environmental protection. India has to customize its own energy portfolio, consistent with its endowment of energy resources, and employing technologies which are economically viable, socially equitable, ecologically sustainable and have minimal carbon emissions.
An empowered committee of secretaries (ECS) has cleared Cairn India's proposal to recover the cost of the $700-million pipeline from its Rajasthan fields to the Gujarat coast through sale of crude oil from the field. "The ECS has allowed the pipeline cost to be included in the field development cost …
The government is planning to create a multi-billion-dollar sovereign wealth fund to invest in energy assets such as oil, gas and coal across the world. "The plans are at a very initial stage. A decision on this would be taken after the budget,' Planning Commission energy adviser Surya P Sethi …
