Inda Ramps Up Deepwater Gas Production
The beginning of production at what is now Asia’s deepest offshore natural gas field will increase the share of natural gas in India’s energy basket. India set to strengthen natural Continue Reading
Industry decries fuel price hike, gas shortages
Increase in prices of petroleum products would sabotage Prime Minister Imran Khan’s vision of lowering input cost, industry representatives said on Saturday. Further, the industry in Karachi said gas shortages Continue Reading
Fuel Demand In India Is Soaring Despite Pandemic
India, the world’s third-largest oil importer and consumer, turned from the worst-performing demand market in July into one of the fastest-growing fuel demand markets in November, lending support to oil Continue Reading
India hits 10 million coronavirus cases but pace slows
India exceeded 10 million infections of the new coronavirus on Saturday, much later than predicted only a month ago as the pace of infections slows, despite many in the country Continue Reading
Covid Sparks Gas Boom in India With Oil Refiners at Full Tilt
India hasn’t put the pandemic behind it, but its oil refineries have. Three state-run processors including Indian Oil Corp., the nation’s top refiner, are currently operating at close to 100% capacity or Continue Reading
India Starts Construction Of World’s Largest Renewable Energy Park
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi officially launched on Tuesday the construction of a megapark that will produce 30 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy and will be the world’s largest renewable Continue Reading
The Virus Trains: How Lockdown Chaos Spread Covid-19 Across India
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s coronavirus restrictions sent migrant workers fleeing. To get them home, the government offered special trains. But the trains would spread the virus across the country. SURAT, Continue Reading
India Farmers From Punjab Protest Modi Laws Camping Outside Delhi
As India’s virus numbers swell and the economy stumbles, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has another crisis to deal with: Tens of thousands of angry farmers vowing to camp outside the Continue Reading
Indian Farmers’ Protests Spread, in Challenge to Modi
Before India’s farmers rose up in anger, presenting an increasingly difficult challenge to a government already grappling with the coronavirus outbreak and a devastating economic slump, Devinder Singh set his Continue Reading
India Desperate To Diversify Oil Imports
India has announced its intention to resume oil imports from Iran and Venezuela, as part of its objective to diversify its oil suppliers. Imports from Iran and Venezuela were halted Continue Reading
Google Earth reveals suspected nuclear weapons facility in Pakistan
This extension to a nuclear facility in Pakistan was spotted using Google Earth Neil Hyatt et al. Sleuthing with satellite images on Google Earth has revealed a substantial and undocumented Continue Reading
India’s GDP Shrinks as Covid-19 Keeps Stranglehold on Economy
IThe coronavirus pandemic has strangled one of the most powerful engines of economic growth in the world: spending by India’s 1.3 billion consumers. The country’s gross domestic product shrank 7.5% Continue Reading
Thousands of Farmers March Toward New Delhi to Protest Farm Laws
Almost 300,000 farmers from various states are on their way to India’s capital to protest against new agricultural laws they say will severely hurt their incomes, according to two farm Continue Reading
Unfazed Indian farmers continue protest against new laws
Thousands of angry Indian farmers faced tear gas and baton charges from police on Friday as they resumed their march to the capital to protest new laws they fear will Continue Reading
India’s gasoline output hits 7-month high as easing COVID restrictions boost driving activity
India’s gasoline output rose for the second consecutive month to hit a seven-month high in October as robust domestic demand due to the easing of movement restrictions prompted refiners to Continue Reading
New Delhi’s toxic air exacerbates coronavirus threat
Medical experts have warned that the toxic pollution that envelops New Delhi annually will lead to more coronavirus deaths. By 7am in mid-November, the air in New Delhi smells of acrid Continue Reading
India Urges Oil Firms To Consider Foreign Partners To Boost Production
India’s oil and gas companies should consider selling stakes in their exploration acreage to foreign companies with the technology to tap more oil and gas resources, India’s Oil Minister Dharmendra Continue Reading
India’s Sep crude imports fall 10% on month, but Q4 rebound forecast on festive fuel demand
India imported 15.18 million mt, or an average 3.71 million b/d, of crude oil in September, down 9.8% year on year, latest provisional data from the country’s Petroleum Planning and Continue Reading
India Wants OPEC To Fix Asian Oil Pricing Anomaly
India wants OPEC to review its pricing policies for the Asian market and end the premium it puts on its crude for Asia, Indian Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said at Continue Reading
India’s Covid-19 Fight Will Be Deadlier Due to Toxic Air From Fires
As winter sets in, the air hanging over north India thickens with smoke from burning fields, blocking out the sun and making it hard to breathe. This year, that could Continue Reading
India seeks to plug energy gap through gas reforms, transition fuels
India will move swiftly to introduce more gas policy reforms to boost the fuel’s share in the energy mix, while finding ways to incentivize production of fuels like hydrogen in Continue Reading
Tesla Sets Its Sights On India
India has some major plans in store for developing the traffic- and smog-choked subcontinent’s electric vehicles market. Just last week, India’s Department of Heavy Industries released an expression of interest Continue Reading
US President Donald Trump at debate: Look at India. The air is filthy
President Trump described India’s air as filthy Indians have reacted to US president Donald Trump describing the air in India, China and Russia as “filthy” during the final election debate. Continue Reading
India to Restore Most Visas as Modi Opens Up Economy
India is reopening its borders to international visitors in a bid to revive economic growth even as the South Asian nation battles the world’s second-worst coronavirus outbreak. Prime Minister Narendra Modi Continue Reading
Iran Boots Out India From Huge Gas Field Development
Iran has decided to use local firms to develop a large offshore natural gas field, which was discovered by an Indian company and set to be developed by a group Continue Reading
Indian cinemas reopen after going dark for months amid virus
Seven months after screens went dark, cinemas reopened Thursday in much of India with mostly old titles on the marquee — a sign of the country’s efforts to return to Continue Reading
Indian cinemas reopen after going dark for months amid virus
NEW DELHI (AP) — Seven months after screens went dark, cinemas reopened Thursday in much of India with mostly old titles on the marquee — a sign of the country’s Continue Reading
India Continues To Bet Big On Coal Despite Renewable Energy Ambitions
Most of India’s recent history can be characterized by economic isolationism and import independence. However, policy changes and reforms have unleashed the country’s potential leading to economic growth and higher Continue Reading
India’s peak holiday season set to send COVID-19 cases surging
Already on track to overtake the United States with the world’s most novel coronavirus infections, India is bracing for a surge of cases in the coming weeks as it heads Continue Reading
Indian oil demand may normalize in the next few quarters: minister
Indian oil demand is still a while away from reaching pre-pandemic levels, Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Minister of Steel Dharmendra Pradhan said Oct. 13, admitting that some Continue Reading
India’s Diesel Demand Struggles To Recover
Diesel demand in India, which has been the key driver of the country’s economic growth in recent years, is struggling to catch up with gasoline in terms of fuels recovering Continue Reading
Covid and Taxes Eat Away at Diesel’s Edge Over Gasoline in India
For decades, diesel has underpinned India’s economic growth and the fortunes of its refiners, but the pandemic has caused the nation’s most consumed fuel to lose some of its luster. Since Continue Reading
India’s coronavirus infections rise to 7.12 million
India’s total coronavirus cases rose by 66,732 in the last 24 hours to 7.12 million on Monday morning, data from the health ministry showed. Deaths from COVID-19 infections rose by Continue Reading
Refineries warn of closures amid rising stocks, low fuel off-take from OMCs
Months after severe country-wide oil shortages, the country’s oil refineries are raising red flags over lower uplifting of their refined products by oil marketing companies (OMCs), resulting in curtailment of Continue Reading
India’s Sulfur Dioxide Emissions See First Decline in 4 Years
India’s sulfur dioxide emissions dropped in 2019, the first decline in four years for the world’s largest spewer of the pollutant responsible for human health risks and acid rain. Emissions Continue Reading
India Surpasses Renewable Goals But Still Struggles To Meet Demand
As the rest of the world moves away from coal, leaving the notoriously dirty fossil fuel in the ground, the twin industrial giants of Asia – China and India – Continue Reading
India May Close Dirtiest Coal Plants as Green Focus Grows
India is considering a proposal that may force some of its dirtiest coal plants to close, as policy makers in one of the world’s top polluters increasingly focus on climate change. The Continue Reading
India’s coronavirus death toll passes 100,000 with no sign of an end
India’s death toll from the novel coronavirus rose past 100,000 on Saturday, only the third country in the world to reach that bleak milestone, after the United States and Brazil, Continue Reading
India Pledges to Pay Interest for Small Debtors Hurt by Lockdown
India will subsidize interest costs for small borrowers who had availed of a six-month loan repayment holiday to survive as the pandemic devastated cash flows, according to court documents seen Continue Reading
India’s Covid-19 Death Toll Passes 100,000
More than 100,000 people in India have died from the coronavirus, the government said on Saturday, even as officials plan to lift more restrictions in hopes of reviving the crippled Continue Reading
India’s Clean Air Days May Be Numbered as Farmers Clear Fields
India’s recent clean air and blue skies, an unintended consequence of Covid-19 lockdowns, may soon be ending as seasonal crop fires start, one of the main culprits behind the nation’s chronic Continue Reading
India Topped Its Strategic Petroleum Reserves With $19 A Barrel Oil
India used the ultra-low crude oil prices earlier this year to top its strategic petroleum reserves with oil at $19 a barrel, saving nearly US$700 million in the process, India’s Continue Reading
BP Bombshell: India’s Oil Demand May Peak In 2025
The world’s third-largest oil importer, India, will be the biggest source of energy demand growth through 2050 in any scenario about government policies about the energy transition. However, India may Continue Reading
India’s Oil Import Bill Shrinks, But So Do Crude Imports
India paid much less for the crude oil imported between April and July 2020 compared to the same period last year, due to the significantly low oil prices and lower Continue Reading
For Doctor in India, Coronavirus Waves Just Keep Coming
For many countries, battling the coronavirus has been a sprint to bring infections under control, then a struggle to keep it that way. In India, it has turned out to Continue Reading
India reports record daily jump in COVID cases for second straight day
India reported a record daily jump in coronavirus cases for a second consecutive day, logging 97,570 new infections on Saturday, data from the federal health ministry showed. With total cases Continue Reading
IOC chartered fully laden VLCC leaks fuel on high seas
The fully laden Indian Oil Corp., or IOC, chartered super tanker is leaking oil, likely from its fuel tanks but the 260,000 mt crude cargo is still safe, several sources Continue Reading
Fire Erupts Again On Oil Tanker Off Sri Lanka
A new fire has erupted on the fully loaded oil tanker offshore Sri Lanka, due to extreme temperatures and high winds, the Sri Lanka Navy said on Monday, days after Continue Reading
India’s IOC unlikely to seek replacement crude after oil tanker fire doused: source
Indian Oil Corp., or IOC, is unlikely to seek any replacement crude oil cargo in the regional spot market after all out efforts had been made to successfully douse a Continue Reading
India’s coronavirus infections overtake Brazil as some rail services resume
India displaced Brazil on Monday to take second place after the United States in terms of coronavirus infections, with 90,082 new cases whose numbers are expected to grow, while some Continue Reading