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Analysis: Staring at an increasing resource crunch

Analysis: Staring at an increasing resource crunch

In a country where minerals are reported as scarce, comprehensively mapping and identifying available natural minerals will result in a major upward revision of our estimates how much can be mined indirectly curbing illegal mining. Puneet Goel writes.

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Delhi Metro gets UN certification

Delhi Metro gets UN certification

Delhi Metro has been certified by the United Nations (UN) as the first metro rail-based system in the world to get carbon credits for con­tributing to the fight against climate change by help redu­cing pollution levels in the city by 6.3 lakh tonne every year.

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Crude oil production up

Crude oil production up

India’s crude oil production rose by 1.6 per cent in August to 3.24 million tonne as higher output from Cairn India operated Rajasthan fields offset the decline at the state oil and gas explorer ONGC’s assets. Cairn’s Rajasthan oilfields produced 542,000 tonne, 1.8 percent more than August 2010. On the other hand, ONGC saw a decline in output by 1.1 percent to 2.03 million tonne.

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Sahara enters O&G sector

Sahara enters O&G sector

The Sahara group has entered the oil and gas sector with the purchase of EnSearch Petroleum Pvt Ltd from Vinay Maloo-promoted Enso Group. EnSearch Petroleum has 13 assets in its portfolio with a net combined acreage of around 33,207 sq. km.

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Essar to explore CBM overseas

Essar to explore CBM overseas

Essar Group is keen to use its expertise to prospect for coal-bed methane (CBM) overseas, and is looking to enter into strategic partnerships with other oil and gas companies to do this.The group is in talks with four of China’s largest oil and gas producing companies.

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OVL to double oil output

OVL to double oil output

ONGC Videsh (OVL) is targeting doubling of crude oil production from its assets abroad to 20 million tonne by 2020.

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HPCL to revive Vizag refinery

HPCL to revive Vizag refinery

With a keen interest to revive $10 billion refinery-cum-petrochemicals project at Vizag in Andhra Pradesh, Hindustan Petroleum Corp (HPCL) is in talks with BP Plc and Total SA of France.