Firms tap window of opportunity to avail distress deals on crude, LNG meant for consumption in China A novel coronavirus outbreak in China has caused oil demand to plunge in Continue Reading
India’s government announced a multi-billion dollar package of farm and infrastructure support in its budget for 2020/21 as it blew past its fiscal deficit target for the year, but the Continue Reading
India is stepping up pressure on Qatar to re-negotiate term LNG deals and move away from oil-linked contracts as gas prices hit multi-year lows, but any flexibility in the future Continue Reading
India’s Tata Group is making its biggest push yet toward clean vehicles with plans to make electric cars and batteries, set up charging stations and build a battery recycling plant, Continue Reading
The manufacturing of HCFC-22, a refrigerant used in air conditioners, releases a greenhouse gas byproduct. Reducing this gas would be one of the least expensive methods to address climate change. Continue Reading
India and the United States will discuss India’s energy security and the Asian country buying increased volumes of U.S. crude oil when U.S. President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Continue Reading
The dramatic escalation of Middle East tensions and the risk of higher oil prices will likely prevent a quick recovery in India’s oil products’ appetite, which is already at multiyear Continue Reading
A brutal cold wave has swept northern India, blanketing streets in freezing fog, intensifying pollution, disrupting hundreds of flights and prompting school closures. India’s capital, New Delhi, experienced its coldest Continue Reading
Singapore — The government of New Delhi, India’s capital city, on Monday approved an electric vehicle policy aimed at combating air pollution that is projected to lower demand for transportation Continue Reading
India will surpass China to become the world’s largest energy growth driver by 2030, India’s Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said at a conference on Friday. “We are on our way Continue Reading
Growth in India’s renewable energy output slumped to 5.7 percent over the seven months to October 2019, from 28.5 percent a year earlier, the country’s Central Electricity Authority said, as Continue Reading
It’s the end of the year and authorities of various caliber and standing are making oil price forecasts for next year. This wealth of information can be confusing because of Continue Reading
The members of the International Energy Agency have agreed to establish a “strategic partnership” with India that would serve as a pathway for the South Asian country’s eventual membership, the Continue Reading
Next year is expected to be a turnaround for oil demand in India, according to a new study by S&P Global Platts Analytics. With weakened demand caused by an economic Continue Reading
Throughout India, the number of days with very heavy rains has increased over the last century. At the same time, the dry spells between storms have gotten longer. Showers that Continue Reading
Half of India’s power generation capacity using coal and nuclear power is being shut down because of lackluster demand, the Indian Express reports , adding that some of the shutdowns Continue Reading
A slowdown in economic growth is increasingly taking a toll on India’s domestic consumption of diesel, which has witnessed negative year-on-year growth for two consecutive months, creating a problem of Continue Reading
Air pollution in New Delhi hit extreme levels over the weekend and into Monday. India’s government has declared a public health emergency, shut down schools and halted construction projects. NEW Continue Reading
A thick, gray pall of smog settled over India’s capital in recent days, prompting the government to ban millions of private vehicles from the streets on Monday, a day after Continue Reading
Air pollution in New Delhi and surrounding towns reached the worst levels so far this year on Sunday, with authorities in the world’s most polluted capital city has already declared Continue Reading
Worshippers braved the smog to enter the polluted River Yamuna as part of the Hindu religious festival of Chatth Puja Air pollution in the north of India has “reached unbearable Continue Reading
If there was a gold medal for bad air, Delhi would be hard to beat. Yet, despite high levels of air pollution, more than 30,000 people, many wearing masks, took part Continue Reading
Authorities in the Indian capital on Monday banished from the roads cars with number plates ending in an odd number in a bid to cut hazardous air pollution shrouding the Continue Reading
The Indian capital, Delhi, has launched a car rationing system as it battles hazardous levels of pollution. From 4 to 15 November, only cars with either odd or even number Continue Reading
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has been handing out masks to school students Five million masks are being distributed at schools in India’s capital, Delhi, after pollution made the air Continue Reading
The Kudankulam nuclear power plant was hacked using malware which is designed to extract data which has been linked to Lazarus Group, which is known to have ties to North Continue Reading
India has confirmed its newest nuclear power plant was the victim of a cyber attack, exposing the vulnerability of one of the country’s most critical sectors to cyber espionage. The Kudankulam Continue Reading
India, one of the drivers of oil demand growth in Asia and the world, has just seen its oil imports drop to three-year lows and fuel processing rates plunge to Continue Reading
ndia will witness a sharp rise in US crude flows in the coming months and even next year as refiners consider options to sign both spot and term contracts to Continue Reading
Indian Nyara Energy has been buying Venezuelan crude oil from Rosneft and paying in fuel instead of cash to avoid a breach of U.S. sanctions against Caracas, Reuters reports, citing Continue Reading
Bihar and Uttar Pradesh: Floods bring chaos More than 100 people have died due to flooding caused by heavy rains in the Indian states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, officials Continue Reading
India may be planning its own EV battery gigafactory, LiveMint reports, citing an unnamed government official. According to the report, the facility would cost US$4 billion to build. “We are Continue Reading
India’s oil imports from Venezuela surged to about 475,200 barrels per day (bpd) in June, more than double the previous month and highest in 21 months, data from shipping and Continue Reading
Discussions between India’s largest company, Reliance Industries, and Aramco, the world’s single biggest oil producing firm, have hit a stumbling block as the Indians want higher valuation than the Saudis Continue Reading
India’s government doesn’t plan to completely ban diesel and gasoline vehicles because continuously rising fuel demand has to be met by a combination of fossil fuels, biofuels, and electric vehicles, Continue Reading
Nearly 75 percent of power in India is still generated from coal. While coal-fired power generation is still growing, ambitious clean energy policies and falling solar costs could soon stop Continue Reading
India continues to hold technical and commercial discussions with Westinghouse for arriving at a project proposal for nuclear reactors in the state of Andhra Pradesh, Jitendra Singh, Minister of State Continue Reading
India’s top refiner Indian Oil Corp is close to chartering a Panama-flagged ship rather than an Indian vessel in its first tender to hire an oil tanker with scrubbers that Continue Reading
India more than quadrupled its imports of U.S. crude oil between November last year and May this year as the U.S. sanctions on Iran significantly reduced Iranian crude purchases at Continue Reading
A surge in India’s oil imports from the United States outpaced growth in shipments from its traditional suppliers in the Middle East, after Washington imposed sanctions on Tehran in November, Continue Reading
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will travel to India next week, but will offer no relief from oil sanctions to what was a top Iranian export market just two Continue Reading
Many residents have been told to work from home in a bid to conserve water People fighting in queues for water, many unable to take showers, and hotels warning people Continue Reading
India and Russia continue to bolster their energy cooperation, and now India is looking at ways to establish oil shipping routes from Russia’s Far East India’s east coast, India’s Oil Continue Reading
Millions of people are turning to water tank trucks in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu as house and hotel taps run dry in an acute water shortage caused Continue Reading
The Indian state of Maharashtra has identified a new location where India, in partnership with the state oil companies of Saudi Arabia and the UAE, plans to build a giant Continue Reading
India is witnessing a dramatic surge in US crude inflows and volumes could rise further as refiners look to seal long-term and spot deals to ensure steady supplies and cushion Continue Reading
Standing behind the counter of his grocery store in Noida, on the outskirts of New Delhi, Deepak Kumar laments the searing temperatures that have enveloped much of India this month. Wearing Continue Reading
One of India’s longest and most intense heat waves in decades, with temperatures reaching 123 degrees, has claimed at least 36 lives since it began in May, and the government Continue Reading
India is holding a series of telephone conversations with US Secretary of Energy Rick Perry on Monday to discuss the oil price volatility created in part by the perception of Continue Reading
When the temperature topped 120 degrees (49 Celsius), residents of the northern Indian city of Churu stopped going outside and authorities started hosing down the baking streets with water. Churu Continue Reading
