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 …
Mumbai Government-run Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL) is eyeing stakes in overseas oil blocks, primarily in Africa and Kazakhstan, as it looks to beef up its portfolio of producing and discovered assets. The company plans to spend R3,000 crore mostly on building up its portfolio of developed assets over the next …
Oil and gas exploration companies like British Gas and Essar Energy want clarity on pricing and gradual linkage to international price for making shale gas investments. After Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL)’s experience with the D6 gas allocation, some also suggested the government should not have an allocation policy for shale …
Uncertain policy framework, scarcity of cheap domestic gas hit govt plan to expand network to 200 cities SHREYA JAI & MITUL THAKKAR NEW DELHI/AHMEDABAD The government’s ambitious plan to expand gas distribution networks to 200 cities by 2015 is facing hurdles of uncertain policy framework and lack of cheap domestic …
Each discovery in oil block to be treated as separate cost centre, if proposal gets nod In a major revamp of oil and gas exploration, the government is likely to notify a policy disallowing companies from deducting as expenses all exploration costs in areas where earlier discoveries are under development …
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has said Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) did not try hard enough to complete the committed work in 75 per cent of the blocks it had acquired through bidding. Also, ONGC could not monetise the discoveries made during the 2002-2011 period, leading to …
ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL), the overseas arm of state-owned Oil & Natural Gas Corp (ONGC), is eyeing stake in Russia’s ambitious Arctic Ocean oil and gas projects with US major ExxonMobil and Italian energy giant ENI. OVL on May 4 wrote to Russian state oil company Rosneft expressing interest in …
New Delhi Falling KG-D6 output, costly imported LNG hem in power plants India's gas-based power stations are facing an uncertain future. Depleting output from Reliance Industries’ KG-D6 block and non-availability of adequate infrastructure to handle liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports are set to trigger suspension of about 7,000 MW of …
Include exploration & production in NEIIP list, say energy companies. Energy firms such as ONGC, Oil India, Jubilant Energy and Assam Company have urged the government to include oil and gas exploration and production (E&P;) business in the list of industries getting fiscal incentives in the North East. The North …
Desperate to reverse the falling output at its KG-D6 block, Reliance Industries (RIL) has proposed to drill the first exploration well in almost five years in the flagging gas fields at its own cost. Dhirubhai-1 and 3 (D1 & D3) gas fields, the largest among the 18 gas finds on …
New Delhi The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) is likely to consider awarding of eight more oil and gas blocks that were offered in the ninth round of bidding under New Exploration Licensing Policy (NELP), on Tuesday. The government had offered 34 areas for exploration and production of oil …
A regulatory panel overseeing the affairs of Reliance Industries’ (RIL) most prolific KG-D6 gas block has approved field development investments for three years starting 2010-11 with riders, oil ministry sources said on Tuesday. The panel also gave conditional approval to ‘declaration of the commerciality’ of the D-29, D-30 and D-31 …
Panel Gives Conditional Approval For D6 Block, Gas Output Set To Rise New Delhi: The oversight panel for India’s showcase gas field off the Andhra coast gave Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries (RIL) and BP Plc permission to pump over $1 billion into the flagging field, but with the rider that …
The government unveiled a draft new policy for private participation in exploration and exploitation of shale oil and gas in the country. The move is in line with the government policy of attracting private investment for achieving self-reliance in the indigenous production of oil and gas, according to the policy …
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced it had ended testing of drinking water in a northeastern Pennsylvania community and declared it safe to drink, despite residents' complaints of pollution from natural gas drilling. The EPA began testing four wells in Dimock late last year after some residents complained of …
The petroleum ministry on Tuesday promised expeditious clearances to a proposal made by Mukesh Ambani-run Reliance Industries (RIL) and partner BP India to make fresh investments at four blocks at its KG-D6 gas field. The move comes amid RIL’s legal battle with the government over the latter disallowing the desired …
Six Months After Govt Nod, PSU Looks At Financial Viability Gandhinagar: Just six months after the Gujarat government reluctantly decided to give a go ahead to Egyptian operations of the PSU, Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation (GSPC) has called for a complete review of whether it is worth continuing. Well-placed Sachivalaya …
New Delhi:State-run gas utility GAIL is in the final stages of signing a 20-year deal for shipping two million tonnes of gas a year from a facility for exporting shale gas in liquid form that is coming up in the US east coast, sources close to the development said. The …
ONGC-Tripura Power Corporation is a 726.6 MW gas-based power project ONGC's Tripura unit would start releasing gas tomorrow to the ONGC-Tripura Power Corporation (OTPC) for the first phase of the 726.6-MW gas-based power project at Palatana in Gomati district, official sources said today. K Satyanarayana, manager, ONGC, Tripura Asset, will …
The environmental movement is based on the idea that people do not want something bad in their vicinity: not in my backyard, or Nimby The environmental movement is based on the idea that people do not want something bad in their vicinity: not in my backyard, or Nimby. This concept …
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry has warned the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) that unless proactive efforts are made to fasten the process of pending clearances for oil and gas blocks, the country could witness an ‘exodus’ of foreign companies and billions of dollars of investments. Foreign oil and gas …
