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 …
This publication titled “Energy Statistics 2012”, is brought out every year by Central Statistics Office (CSO) and the present one is 19th in the series. The publication contains the latest data available in respect of different energy sources, with different agencies/organizations and a brief analysis of the data on reserves, …
New Delhi The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has asked the petroleum ministry to legally examine whether the government can allow the Mukesh Ambani-controlled Reliance Industries (RIL) to increase the prices of gas produced from the KG D6 basin as against the current sale price of $4.2 a unit as decided …
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s Office has asked the petroleum ministry to examine whether the government can allow Mukesh Ambani-controlled Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) to increase the price of its gas from the KG D6 basin from the current $4.2 per mmbtu (million metric British Thermal Units), decided by a group …
Late last year, when energy major British Gas’s Indian arm, BG India, announced plans to exit from two of its Indian energy assets, the industry wondered if it was a fullstop to BG’s India plans. BG is selling 65.12 per cent stake in Gujarat Gas Company (GGCL), India’s largest private …
The Assam Gas Company Limited is all set to introduce compressed natural gas as a fuel alternative for vehicles, first in Jorhat and then all over the state Jorhat, Feb. 26: Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) will finally be available on a commercial scale in Assam. The Assam Gas Company Limited …
New Delhi To serve the expected addition in refining capacity and to partly replace any shortfall in crude oil supplies from Iran, India has sought an additional 5 million tonne of crude oil from Saudi Arabia. India has also sought investments from Saudi firms in its new petrochemical and refinery …
In a marked departure, the government would guarantee subsidy to new and expanded urea plants for eight years from the start of production provided the additional capacities are added within five years of the announcement of the New Investment Policy (NIP) 2012. “Only those units which start production within five …
The Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) on gas will have to take a call on several issues when it meets on Friday. Among them are: giving continued priority to fertiliser and power sectors in gas allocation, fixing the proportion of fuel supply to non-core sectors like steel, and deciding on …
The growing demand for petroleum in countries like India, China and Brazil would be the major reason for increase in oil prices in the long-term, the US President, Mr Barack Obama, has said. In his remarks on economy in Florida, Mr Obama said in the short-term, instability in West Asia …
Urge Centre to reform debt-ridden state electricity boards Leading power sector honchos on Wednesday met the Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, Pulok Chatterjee, and demanded that steps be taken to address their long-pending demands, including immediate allocation of gas to all the projects recommended by the Power Ministry, reforms …
The High Court of Karnataka on Wednesday ordered issue of notices to the Central and State governments in connection with a petition seeking allocation of a gas agency to the coastal pilgrimage and tourist town of Gokarna. The petitioners, Shankar J Markhande and two others, had moved the High Court …
Private power producers sought Government intervention for immediate allocation of gas to projects recommended by the Power Ministry, while seeking a solution to the coal pricing issue. Eight top honchos of the sector, including Mr Anil D Ambani, Mr Cyrus Mistry, Mr G.M. Rao, and Mr Naveen Jindal, under the …
With the production from the once prolific Krishna Godavari basin D6 block of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) projected to decline to 27 million standard cubic metres per day (mscmd) by April this year, the Government is exploring all legal options to take “penal action” against RIL for the ‘drastic fall' …
Israel on Tuesday engaged India on energy security reiterating Tel Aviv’s intent to share its natural gas but did not spell out any offer saying it still had to work out the policies. Israel’s Minister of National Infrastructure Uzi Landau, who also heads Energy & Water Resources, held an hour-long …
The Centre has awarded the Rs 855-crore Bhatinda-Jammu-Srinagar gas pipeline project to Gujarat State Petronet Ltd (GSPL). This was revealed at a high-level meeting of officers chaired by the Chief Secretary, Mr Madhav Lal, who reviewed the 750-km long gas pipeline project here. The project stretches from Bhatinda in Punjab …
Meeting notice seeks details about ENI operated block With the Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry's spat with the Defence Ministry and the Department of Space remaining unresolved, a worried Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has convened an urgent meeting on February 27 on the delay in carrying out exploration activities in …
The Union government was contemplating action against Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) for not keeping its promise of producing 70 MMSCMD of gas (million metric standard cubic meters a day) from its D6 block in the Krishna-Godavari Basin, Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas S. Jaipal Reddy indicated here on Sunday. …
New Delhi Reliance Industries has received over 70 bids for buying the natural gas it plans to produce from below coal seams (CBM), at a price close to the rate at which LNG is imported in the country. At the close of offer on February 17, RIL received over 70 …
New Delhi With the government preparing to rationalise gas distribution from RIL’s KG-D6 block in the wake of a drop in production, Lanco and GMR plants in Andhra Pradesh are a worried lot. Lanco’s Kondapalli power plant expansion and GMR Tanir Bawi power plants in Andhra Pradesh, which are earning …
Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) and partner BP Plc have won approval from the government to prepare a plan to develop a natural gas discovery in the Bay of Bengal, two people with direct knowledge of the matter said. A panel headed by the country’s oil and gas regulator recognised the …
