Natural Gas

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding violation of environmental norms by a tyre pyrolysis plant, village Sakauti, Shamli, Uttar Pradesh, 28/05/2025

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 …

EU Seeks Powers To Speed Up Energy Pipes, Grids

The European Union is seeking new powers to speed through major energy projects aimed at curbing dependence on imported oil and gas and ensuring sustainable, green supplies, according to draft legislation seen by Reuters. As part of preparations for the first EU budget to include energy spending, the draft indicates …

Iran suspends gas field contract with China

Iran has suspended a $16 billion gas field contract with China in the Gulf to push it to meet its obligations in another nearby field that is already being tapped by Qatar, the Mehr news agency reported on Tuesday. It quoted the managing director of the Pars Oil and Gas …

GCC nations set to spend $54 b in ramping up power network: Report

Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries are set to spend around $54 billion in the near future to increase the capacity of their electricity networks by 32,000 MW, a new report has said. The report issued by the Kuwait Financial Centre (Markaz) indicates that the GCC states — namely Oman, Qatar, …

PNGRB infighting holds up city gas distribution licences

New Delhi: The government\'s plan to promote natural gas as a cleaner transportation and industrial fuel may remain a pipe dream, with the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) caught in internal strife, unable to allocate city gas distribution projects according to schedule. The PNGRB was set up in …

Myanmar, China Face Off Over Halted Dam Project

China urged Myanmar to protect the rights of its companies after the Southeast Asian nation's president ordered the suspension of construction of a contested hydroelectric dam backed by Beijing. The move underscored political tension between the strategic neighbors and growing opposition faced by China's dam builders as they take on …

Sri Lanka President announces finding natural gas in Mannar basin

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Sunday officially announced the finding of a natural gas field in the northwestern seas off Mannar for the first time. Addressing a function at the President's official residence in Kandy, the President has announced that Cairn Lanka, the company conducting the exploration has discovered …

Perry says slowing carbon emissions hurts US economy

Texas Governor Rick Perry, struggling to regain his status as front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination, expressed fresh doubt on Saturday about whether humans are causing climate change. “I still stand by that the science is not settled on man-made global warming,” Perry said while campaigning in the key early …

Cairn strikes gas in Sri Lanka; first discovery in the country

Cairn Lanka, a fully-owned subsidiary of Cairn India, has discovered natural gas reserves in the very first well it has drilled in the western coast of Sri Lanka. This is the first well to be drilled in Sri Lanka in 30 years and also first hydrocarbons discovery in that country. …

CNG prices up again in Delhi and NCR

Hot on the heels of a sharp increase in petrol prices, Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) prices were hiked by Rs. 2 per kg on Friday, mainly on account of a fall in the rupee value against the US dollar, pushing up the cost of inputs. Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL), the …

Drilling for Crude Goes Solar

Chevron Corp. is enlisting the sun to help drain the sludge-like dregs of crude from an aging oil field. Chevron is keen to extract this thick crude by heating it with steam. Historically, oil companies have used natural gas to create the energy for the steam. Here in Coalinga, the …

Key world energy statistics 2011

Key World Energy Statistics produced by the IEA contains timely, clearly-presented data on supply, transformation and consumption of all major energy sources.

CO2 emissions from fuel combustion: highlights

In the lead-up to the UN climate negotiations in Durban, the latest information on the level and growth of CO2 emissions, their source and geographic distribution will be essential to lay the foundation for a global agreement. This annual publication contains: estimates of CO2 emissions by country from 1971 to …

Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Policy, 2011

Natural gas plays a key role in Pakistan‟s energy balance which is currently around 50% of the country‟s primary energy supplies. With accelerating economic growth, the demand for gas is projected to increase sharply and the country‟s recoverable indigenous gas reserves will be insufficient to meet this demand. Gas shortages …

Petroleum Exploration and Production Policy 2011

The purpose of this Petroleum Exploration and Production Policy 2011 (Policy) is to establish the policies, procedures, tax and pricing regime in respect of petroleum exploration and production (E&P;) sector.

Basic statistics on Indian petroleum & natural gas 2010-11

The “Basic Statistics on Indian Petroleum & Natural Gas, 2010-11” is the sixteenth in a series that was first released in 1996. It is a skeletal forerunner of the detailed annual Statistics Bulletin published regularly after the end of the financial year. Basic Statistics data for the year 2010-11 is …

RIL, Govt Readying Plan to Ramp Up KG-D6 Output

Consultant appointed by Directorate General of Hydrocarbons to find ways to optimise production, authorities eager to reverse decline in output The government and Reliance Industries are formulating a strategy to ramp up output from the KG-D6 block by 30-35 million metric standard cubic metres a day (mmscmd) by pumping natural …

New gas 'found'

A survey of national gas field of Rashidpur has raised high hopes of finding an additional one trillion cubic feet (tcf) of gas. This is a major development in a national gas field, a source of gas cheaper than that produced by international oil companies. Once tapped, this reserve would …

Supply Crunch May Trip 8,000 MW of New Gas-based Power Capacity

RPower, GMR Infra, Lanco Infra, among others, are close to completing power units that are yet to get gas linkages At a time when the country is struggling to fill the power demand-supply gap, almost 8,000 megawatt of new gas-based power capacity may be stranded due to lack of fuel …

Exxon Says Mobile Bay Leak Caused By Salt Water Line

A salt water pipeline leak offshore Alabama has forced ExxonMobil to halt gas production in the Mobile Bay area of the Gulf of Mexico, the company said on Thursday. A sheen was detected on the water on Tuesday night, one mile south of Dauphin Island where ExxonMobil runs a number …

India seeks long term LNG deals with East Asian nations

Shifting the focus of oil diplomacy to ``Look East Policy'', India on Wednesday sought to strike deals with Brunei, Indonesia, Australia and Malaysia for long term supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) with the aim to double the LNG re-gassification capacity by 2016. Taking part in the East Asia Summit …

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