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 …
New Delhi In his last days at the Union petroleum ministry, S Jaipal Reddy had reiterated his opposition to a hike in the price of natural gas from the current $4.2 per unit at Reliance Industries’ KG-D6 block. If the company’s demand for price revision is accepted now, the exchequer …
New Delhi: Various committees, not just the oil ministry, rejected petro giant Reliance Industries Ltd’s (RIL) proposal to link the cost of gas from the KG basin with the international crude price, with the ministry estimating the tab for states and the Centre adds up to a staggering $6.3 billion. …
China has the potential to become the world's largest market for natural gas automobiles, with 1.5 million expected to be on the roads by 2015, according to experts. Brenda Smith, a council member of the Asia Pacific Natural Gas Vehicles Association, who is attending a natural gas auto forum in …
A deepwater well in a Krishna Godavari basin block operated by state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) has been leaking gas for two months and there are now fears of environment damage due to the uncontrolled flow. The well G-1-9 in Bay of Bengal has been leaking gas since …
Biggest increase in coal usage for 50 years could throw the UK's green ambitions off course Coal is enjoying a renaissance, with the highest consumption of the fuel since the late 1960s. The unexpected development threatens to put climate change targets out of reach – and much of the reason …
New Delhi India's natural gas production dropped nearly 15 per cent in September as Reliance Industries eastern offshore KG-D6 field continue to decline. Gas production at 3.36 billion cubic meters in September was 14.8 per cent lower than 3.95 bcm a year ago, according to latest data released by the …
For all their disputes, President Obama and Mitt Romney agree that the world is warming and that humans are at least partly to blame. It remains wholly unclear what either of them plans to do about it. Even after a year of record-smashing temperatures, drought and Arctic ice melt, none …
Natural gas consumption in China, the world's top energy user, is expected to be 230 billion cubic meters (bcm) in 2015, while supply of gas, including imported liquefied natural gas (LNG) and unconventional gas, is expected to exceed 260 bcm, the National Development and Reform Commission said on Friday. The …
Oil Ministry says CAG can’t do performance audit of the company After months of intense stand-off, the Oil Ministry has given nod to Reliance Industries’ plans to raise natural gas output from the flagging KG-D6, and agreed that CAG cannot do a performance audit of the company. The Ministry, on …
Clears KG-D6 investment plan RIL also allowed to declare commerciality of certain wells in NEC 25, KG-D6 The face-off between the government and Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) is nearing an end, with the petroleum ministry agreeing to exempt the country’s largest private sector petroleum company from a performance audit. Simultaneously, …
While announcing its results, Cairn India had said, a ?high-value, high-risk? prospect had been identified in the Ravva field Cairn India, along with its partners Ravva Oil, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and Videocon Industries, plans to invest about Rs 530 crore in new wells, which would help boost …
More than two-thirds of people would rather have a wind turbine than a shale gas well near their home, according to a new opinion poll published on Tuesday. Asked to choose between having the two energy sources within two miles of their home, 67% of respondents favoured a turbine, compared …
Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) on Sunday inaugurated a Rs 6,060-crore facility on the country’s biggest oil field to replace a massive platform that was gutted in a devastating fire seven years ago, killing 22 people and costing its then chairman Subir Raha his job. The commissioning of Mumbai …
BARMER/JAIPUR: After oil, the deserts of Barmer are poised to produce methane gas. For the first time in the country, methane gas will be extracted from the coals fields of Barmer through the 'microbial coal conversion' technology, developed in the laboratories of Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra (BITM). The Rajasthan …
The petroleum ministry has informed the Prime Minister’s Office that it has not given a final nod to RIL’s plans to raise natural gas output from the flagging KG-D6 fields as the firm has refused to allow audit of its expenditure by CAG. Oil Secretary G C Chaturvedi told at …
To focus on increasing gas and oil production U.K.’s BP plc and Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) are going to focus on increasing oil and gas production from their assets in future despite having surrendered nine out of the 21 blocks due to poor prospects. BP, which had bought 30 per …
Vadodara Gas Company Ltd (VGCL), a city gas distribution (CGD) player joint promoted by Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) and GAIL Gas Limited is looking to expand its consumer base by adding 200,000 domestic consumers over the next five years. With the existing base of about 75,000 domestic gas consumers and …
The state government has directed Andhra Pradesh Power Generation Corporation Limited (APGenco) to expedite power projects so that 4,000-Mw additional capacity be added by 2014, besides requesting Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL) to complete connectivity between the southern, northern and western grid by 2013. Minnie Mathew, chief secretary, …
Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) has cut capital investment on the main oil and gas fields in the KG-D6 block by $3 billion on the back of an unexpected drop in reserves in an area that was once India’s most prolific. The company has filed revised field development plans for the …
New Delhi UK's BP plc has relinquished or surrendered 9 out of the 21 oil and gas blocks where it had bought 30 per cent stake from Reliance Industries for USD 7.2 billion, due to poor hydrocarbon prospects. BP had last year bought 30 per cent stake in a total …
