Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
The focus is clearly on clean energy, says Minister for Resources and Energy Australia has embarked on a major expansion and investment programme for putting in place massive liquefied natural gas (LNG) infrastructure with around $170 billion worth of current and new projects taking shape. $170 b investment Already the …
This Report of the Standing Committee on Energy deals with the action taken by the Government on the Recommendations/Observations contained in their Tenth Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on the subject ‘Availability of Gas and Coal for Power Sector’ pertaining to the Ministry of Power.
In order to keep the nation's largest liquefied natural gas importer a private firm. The Oil Ministry has rejected public sector oil companies' plan to acquire Asian Development Bank's stake in Petronet LNG so as to keep the nation's largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) importer a private firm. The ADB …
New Delhi Liquified natural gas (LNG) handling terminals in the country, including the proposed ones, will have to offer a little less than a third of their total capacity for third-party use at fair and competitive terms, according to the norms being worked out by the oil ministry. The idea …
Oil Search Ltd. (OSH.AU) said Thursday it has struck more gas in Papua New Guinea, firming up the potential of its recent P'nyang discovery to support an expansion of its US$15.7 billion gas-export joint venture with ExxonMobil Corp. (XOM). Oil Search said a sidetrack well to its recent P'nyang South-1 …
India has offered Qatar stake in some of the major petro projects, including the petrochemicals complex at Dahej in Gujarat, Indian Oil Corporation's (IOC's) LNG project in Ennore, Tamil Nadu, BPCL's petrochemical project in Kochi, petrochemical project in Mangalore and investment opportunity in the Paradip refinery and petrochemical project to …
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), …
About 44.5 lakh out of 2.43 crore consumers will benefit Extending some relief to lower middle class power consumers aggrieved over the recent tariff hike, the government has announced an additional subsidy of Rs.175 crore to insulate them from any extra burden. About 44.5 lakh out of 2.43 crore consumers …
In talks with Shell, Petronet LNG to book capacity Faced with a shortfall in gas production from its KG-D6 field, Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) is set to make its debut in the marketing of imported natural gas. India Gas Solutions, the equal joint venture between RIL and British Petroleum (BP) …
The Tamil Nadu government is planning to set up two 500-Mw LNG-based power plants to address the electricity shortage in the state. One of the plants would be set up near the five-million-tonne-per-annum Indian Oil Corporation terminal that was set up after a memorandum of understanding was signed. The second …
India and Qatar have signed an initial pact for co-operation in the energy sector. The objective of the memorandum of understanding is to establish a framework to facilitate and enhance bilateral co-operation in the sector, a statement issued by the Foreign Ministry here on Monday said. It envisages co-operation in …
The Tamil Nadu Government has decided to set up a 660 MW supercritical thermal power plant at Ennore at a cost of Rs 3,960 crore, announced the Chief Minister, Ms J. Jayalalithaa, in the Assembly today. In a suo motu statement, she said the 40-year-old Ennore thermal power plant to …
As per the Electricity Act, 2003, CEA is to prepare the National Electricity Plan (NEP) once in five years. The Act stipulates that CEA, while preparing the NEP, shall publish the draft of the same and invite suggestions and objections thereon from licensees, generating companies and the public. Thereafter, the …
New Delhi For the first time, New Delhi is looking to the North American continent to secure its energy needs. India has started talks to import natural gas from Canada, the world’s third-largest producer which is facing falling demand from the US, where a shale gas bounty has brought self …
State-owned GAIL India is mulling doubling capacity of Dabhol LNG terminal to 10 million tonne to meet growing energy needs of the country, company Chairman BC Tripathi said. GAIL is looking to tie-up up to 2 million tonnes of LNG for import at the nation's third liquefied natural has terminal, …
The Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has said no new gas-based power plants will be set up in the country till 2015-16, as the natural gas output is expected to fall considerably. The CEA in a letter to states indicated that as per Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas reports India's …
Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra may come to be known as the bowl that feeds India’s growing hunger for energy. Staterun utility GAIL is working on a makeover plan that hinges on doubling the capacity of Dabhol power project’s gas import facility to 10 million tonnes a year, said company chairman …
New Delhi After fuel, India is offering to export natural gas to Pakistan to help it tide over a gas crisis. State-owned GAIL’s just-commissioned natural gas pipeline from the West coast to Bhatinda in Punjab is barely 25 km away from the Pakistan border and the gas utility is proposing …
The Karnataka government is in talks with Indian and international energy companies to arrange gas for three power plants for which it is planning to seek bids. Currently, it is in talks with GAIL India and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) to procure about 26 mmscmd for a total gas …
Gazprom, the world’s largest natural-gas exporter, is struggling to get a foothold in the Asian markets leading global economic growth. The Russian company’s plan to supply liquefied natural gas to India from 2016, the year the US is set to start gas exports, is faltering after buyers said they’re looking …
