India to revamp energy sector
India intends to restructure its state-controlled oil and natural
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Snubbed, Rajasthan threatens to block pipeline...
Miffed by the Centre's decision to give Punjab preference over Rajasthan for setting up an oil refinery, the Vasundhara Raje government has threatened to block the pipeline for the proposed refinery
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Sunrise in Delhi Plan
The present power crisis has shown that the Capital finds it difficult to handle a demand of 3,000 MW. In 2021, the city's requirement of power will be close to 8,800 MW, estimated by Delhi Transco,
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ONGC seeks alliances with global companies
Oil & Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) on Thursday sought strategic alliance of foreign companies to develop five deepwater blocks that were given to the national oil company on nomination before India
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Get solar power, or don't build high-rises
Permission would be accorded henceforth to new multi-storeyed buildings, including those in public sector, only if they have provisions for installing solar energy systems. A decision to this effect
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IOC-OVL bid for Kuwait northfield development project
Petro giant Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) is set to make a foray in the Gulf region. It has joined hands with ONGC-OVL to take up 10% equity in a joint venture of British Petro UK and Occidental UK.
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Public sector puts up a good show in adding to power generation capacity addition
Private companies have drawn a blank as far as capacity addition in the power sector is concerned. The private sector was expected to add 108 MW to power generating capacity of the country during
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UP for 'unified' gas policy
Uttar Pradesh Industrial Development Corporation has been asked to prepare a 'unified policy' for ensuring proper utilisation and supply of gas for industrial, transport and domestic use. The
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Expensive oil to push ethanol buying
Global production of there renewable fuel ethanol will boom over the next few years if oil prices stay high , analysts said. With crude oil prices climbing , ethanol has become and economically
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Nuclear power makes a comeback
Decades after it was written off as a costly failure, the nuclear power industry is being revived with plans for new reactors in Illinois and other states. Utilities are considering building or
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Fuel loading begins for new 540 MWe Tarapur reactor
The loading of natural uranium fuel bundles in the first 540 MWe nuclear power reactor at Tarapur, about 110 km from Mumbai, has begun. Tarapur-4, the largest indigenously designed and built reactor
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ONGC to open retail outlet at Mangalore
The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) will commission its first retail outlet in the State in Mangalore, the corporation Chairman, Subir Raha, said here today."We will begin our retail outlet
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KERC clears tariff for renewable energy
The Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) has finalised the tariff the utilities must pay for buying power from renewable energy sources. The Commission has prescribed in the regulations
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Nine options to consolidate oil majors, says Aiyar
The government is considering nine different options to consolidate and strengthen the public sector oil companies, petroleum minister Mani Shanker Aiyar said on Monday. These include merging the oil
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NTPC should consider nuclear power generation'
The National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) should look for alternative fuels and explore the possibility of playing a role in nuclear power generation, R Chidambaram, the principal scientific
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China gets tough on construction of power plants
In an unusual display of regulatory bite, China's environmental watchdog has ordered a raft of partly built power plants worth billions of dollars to suspend construction because they failed to file
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Petro product sales grow 1.5 pc in Dec
Sales of oil products recorded a flat growth of 1.5 per cent last month. Diesel sales, considered an indicator of economic growth, recorded a marginal slowdown, with a fall of 0.6 per cent in
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Advisory committee on energy set up
The government has set up an advisory committee headed by Mr V. Krishnamurthy that will submit a report within two months on restructuring of oil companies to meet the challenges in the energy
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At a cost, Siberia pipeline to send oil to Pacific
Stretching from Lake Baikal to the Japan Sea, the first trans-Siberian oil pipeline is to run 4,150 kilometers - more than three times as long as the trans-Alaska pipeline. At a cost of $15.5
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Oil's on boil, so world takes an auto turn to the farm
The world is steadily increasing its oilseeds consumption. But not all of it is turning to fat. A serious chunk of global oilseeds production is now going into auto fuel tanks as Europe adopts