India
Coal shipped to other countries produce more emissions
Coal
June 3, 2021
Coal shipped to other countries produce more emissions
Coal shipped overseas was responsible for a tenth of global annual energy-related CO2 emissions in 2020. Coal exported in 2020…
Africa’s share in India’s oil imports at 7-month high
Oil & Gas
June 1, 2021
Africa’s share in India’s oil imports at 7-month high
Africa's share in India's oil imports surged to a seven-month high in April as refiners boosted purchases from small regional…
Relentless efforts to control fire onboard MV X-Press Pearl
Oil & Gas
May 30, 2021
Relentless efforts to control fire onboard MV X-Press Pearl
Indian Coast Guard (ICG) is working tirelessly to extinguish the massive fire onboard container vessel MV X-Press Pearl off Colombo,…
Fire-fighting operations by ICG continue unabated
Oil & Gas
May 28, 2021
Fire-fighting operations by ICG continue unabated
Continuing the firefighting efforts to douse the fire onboard MV X-Press Pearl off Colombo, Indian Coast Guard (ICG) ships Vaibhav…
Sri Lanka fears oil spill from burning MV X-Press Pearl
Oil & Gas
May 27, 2021
Sri Lanka fears oil spill from burning MV X-Press Pearl
Sri Lankan authorities fear a possible oil spill from a Singaporean container ship on fire off the country's western coast…
India’s gas output rises 23% as RIL-BP fields start production
Oil & Gas
May 21, 2021
India’s gas output rises 23% as RIL-BP fields start production
India's natural gas production jumped 22.7% in April after Reliance Industries Ltd and its partner BP Plc ramped up output…
Indian refiners set to make room for Iranian oil
Oil & Gas
May 19, 2021
Indian refiners set to make room for Iranian oil
Indian refiners, anticipating a lifting of US sanctions, plan to make space for the resumption of Iranian imports by reducing…
Petrol, diesel prices increase again after day’s pause
Oil & Gas
May 18, 2021
Petrol, diesel prices increase again after day’s pause
Under the new found preference for revising fuel prices every alternate day, the Oil and marketing companies (OMCs) raised the…
Cairn looks to seize Air India assets to recover $1.7 bn
Oil & Gas
May 16, 2021
Cairn looks to seize Air India assets to recover $1.7 bn
UK's Cairn Energy Plc has brought a lawsuit in the US court that potentially can lead to seizing of Air…
ADB commits record $3.92 billion loan to India for 13 projects
Power
May 15, 2021
ADB commits record $3.92 billion loan to India for 13 projects
The Asian Development Bank has committed a record USD 3.92 billion in sovereign loans for 13 projects to India in…
India’s fuel sales drop 9.4% in April on COVID wave
Oil & Gas
May 12, 2021
India’s fuel sales drop 9.4% in April on COVID wave
India's fuel demand slumped 9.4% in April when compared to the preceding month as lockdowns clamped in several states to…
8,300 people can die in India due to coal plant pollution
Coal
May 12, 2021
8,300 people can die in India due to coal plant pollution
Air pollution from planned new coal plants built by companies in which HSBC holds ownership stakes will cause an estimated…
Cairn Oil starts production from tight oil project in Rajasthan
Oil & Gas
May 12, 2021
Cairn Oil starts production from tight oil project in Rajasthan
Cairn Oil & Gas, Vedanta Limited, India's largest private oil and gas exploration and production company, has achieved a significant…
FuelBuddy acquires fuel delivery startup MyPetrolPump
Oil & Gas
May 10, 2021
FuelBuddy acquires fuel delivery startup MyPetrolPump
App-based fuel delivery platform FuelBuddy has acquired Bengaluru-based on-demand fuel delivery startup MyPetrolPump, which will provide it access to new…
India to play a big part in reaching climate goals
Sustainability
April 20, 2021
India to play a big part in reaching climate goals
Global efforts to arrest climate change and keep Earth liveable will fail without a jumbo-sized effort from India to halt…
India’s power consumption grows nearly 45% in April
Power
April 18, 2021
India’s power consumption grows nearly 45% in April
Power consumption in the country grew nearly 45% in the first half of April to 60.62 billion units (BU) over…
Coal-fired power plant development to remain growth driver
Coal
April 13, 2021
Coal-fired power plant development to remain growth driver
Coal-fired power plants will be the primary driver of infrastructure investment in India's power sector over the next decade
India’s fuel consumption contracts 9.1% in FY21
Oil & Gas
April 10, 2021
India’s fuel consumption contracts 9.1% in FY21
India's fuel demand contracted by a massive 9.1% in the financial year ended March 31, the first in more than…
Sri Lanka seeks $ 17M from Greek ship owner over oil spill
Sustainability
April 9, 2021
Sri Lanka seeks $ 17M from Greek ship owner over oil spill
Sri Lanka on Friday lodged a claim for $17.38 million with the Greek owners of an oil tanker that caught…
India announcing net-zero target not absolute requirement
Sustainability
April 9, 2021
India announcing net-zero target not absolute requirement
US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry said it will be great if India announces a net-zero emission target…
RK Singh meets John Kerry, discusses energy transition
Power
April 8, 2021
RK Singh meets John Kerry, discusses energy transition
Minister of State for Power and New and Renewable Energy, RK Singh met US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, John…
Ashok Leyland to make 2 units to strengthen green transport
Sustainability
April 8, 2021
Ashok Leyland to make 2 units to strengthen green transport
Commercial vehicles major Ashok Leyland has decided to form two new subsidiaries as part of its plans to strengthen green…
Indian Oil buys its first Johan Sverdrup crude cargoes
Oil & Gas
April 6, 2021
Indian Oil buys its first Johan Sverdrup crude cargoes
Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) has made its first purchase of Norway's Johan Sverdrup crude, buying four million barrels via a…
India’s annual electricity demand fall for first time in 35 years
Power
April 1, 2021
India’s annual electricity demand fall for first time in 35 years
India's annual electricity demand fell for the first time in at least 35 years in the fiscal year to March,…
India, US to revamp energy ties & focus on cleaner energy
Sustainability
March 30, 2021
India, US to revamp energy ties & focus on cleaner energy
India and the United States have agreed to revamp their strategic energy partnership with a greater focus on cleaner energy…