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. …
Japan's new prime minister has made clear he sees nuclear power playing a part in energy supply for decades -- so one of his first challenges is to convince a skeptical public to allow shut reactors to restart. Yoshihiko Noda inherits a country with no cohesive energy policy after the …
Reversing its earlier stand, a high level government committee said that domestic natural gas users cannot be asked to subsidise costlier imported LNG as pooling of natural gas prices was not feasible. An inter-ministerial panel headed by Planning Commission Member Saumitra Chaudhuri in its draft report a few months back …
From pricing to allocation, natural gas is one sector that is always into controversies - and L Mansingh knows it well. The chairman of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board, in an interview, shares his views regarding the potential, controversies and pricing of the fuel.
It is hard to think of more awkward country in which to drill for gas than the craggy, creviced hillsides that rise up from the banks of China’s turbid Yellow River in the northern province of Shanxi, the heart of China’s northern coal belt. So steep are the sides of …
Western Australian Environment Minister Bill Marmion said Friday that he has imposed 24 "tough" conditions on Chevron Corp.'s (CVX) proposed Wheatstone liquefied natural gas export project. Marmion said in a statement that assessing Wheatstone has been "complex," and he will consult with other Ministers to "obtain final agreement on the …
Tata Motors and Ashok Leyland will soon collaborate with Petronet LNG Ltd (PLL) to introduce the use of liquefied natural gas (LNG) for vehicles. PLL plans to introduce the retailing of LNG, as it is a cheaper and safer alternative to the cheapest existing fuel in the country: compressed natural …
THE juxtaposition of “gas” and “boom” conjures misfortune: mining disasters, Zeppelins in flame and the like. But the gas boom that the world is currently experiencing is a conflagration to be celebrated. The development of previously unexploitable shale gas as a resource in America and other countries, and the growth …
The Committee on Policy for Pooling of Natural Gas Prices and Pool Operating Guidelines was asked to examine the procedure for discovery of gas price. While refraining from suggesting a viable scheme for pooling of gas prices, it has focused its attention on preferential allocation of domestically produced natural gas …
The environmental impact assessment reports comprising of the terrestrial component b M/s Enkay Enviro Services Pvt. Ltd and the marine component by Indomer Coastal Hydraulics (P) Ltd., Chennai, under the overall coordination of BMT Consultants India Pvt. Limited. The purpose of this report is to establish the environmental feasibility of …
The government`s $20 billion flagship project for import of 500 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd) of liquefied natural gas (LNG) has been challenged again in the Supreme Court. Filed by Agha Zafar Hilali, a former ambassador and former prime minister Benazir Bhutto`s special secretary, the petition accused the government …
The President’s Office and State Electric Company (STELCO) confirmed today that the US$200 million Gaafaru Wind Farm project, previously expected to be operational by 2013, was dissolved last year. The project was announced in 2009 under a deal between the government and General Electric (GE) and Falcon Energy Group to …
The accelerating dash for natural gas risks a bitter backlash as the environmental cost of exploiting new shale deposits and of transporting it in liquid form spoil its credentials as the greenest fossil fuel. Gas was long regarded as a "bridging fuel" for use in relatively easily-to-build, gas-fired power plants, …
The government has decided, in principle, to convert public and private thermal power plants to cheaper fuels due to rising furnace oil prices and depleting gas quantities, sources close to Minister for Water and Power told Business Recorder. "We are offering substantial incentives to the IPPs which intend to covert …
Australia unveiled its most sweeping economic reform in decades on Sunday with a plan to tax carbon emissions from the nation's worst polluters, reviving hopes of stronger global climate action with the largest emissions trade scheme outside Europe. Prime Minister Julia Gillard said 500 companies including steel and aluminum manufacturers …
American automobiles have a limited diet, but gasoline's monopoly at the pump may be ending. The giant of U.S. automakers is turning to something cheaper and cleaner: natural gas. General Motors Corp announced plans this week to develop its first natural gas-powered engine, overcoming its long aversion to alternative fuels …
New Delhi Following divergent views among various government wings and user industries, the Ashok Chawla panel on pricing and use of natural resources is likely to drop its proposal for a designated natural gas trading agency to buy the clean fuel from gas producers at contracted prices and sell it …
MUMBAI With the international coal prices witnessing an upward trend, switching to solar power could save over 30% of India's coal imports, according to a survey conducted by consultancy firm KPMG.
LNG prices are down, but India is not ready with infrastructureThe price of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) fell by more than half in the global energy markets last year
Australia's rising liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports may make for bluer skies over Chinese power plants, but back home LNG producers will pump out more carbon emissions than the coal sector. Natural gas is the cleanest of the fossil fuels when it is burned, so energy-hungry Asian nations are snapping …
The purpose of this Tight Gas Exploration & Production Policy 2011 (Policy) is to establish the policies, procedures, tax and pricing regime in respect of exploration and production of tight gas in Pakistan.
