A veteran of India's energy sector, Prof Kirit Parikh chaired the committee that submitted the 2013 groundbreaking report on pricing methodology for diesel, domestic LPG and PDS kerosene.
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Reforming India’s Oil & Gas Sector
Avery colourful legend has it that during the construction of the railway line from Dibrugarh to Margherita by Assam Railways & Trading Co (AR&TC) in 1867, a herd of logging elephants returned to the camp with their feet covered in crude oil. Even as this led the AR&TC personnel to look for seepages, the site engineer, WL Lake, reportedly cried out in excitement to his workers, 'Dig boy, dig!' on coming to learn about it.
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India Needs to be Realistic on the Exploration Front
Speaking exclusively to INFRASTRUCTURE TODAY, Prof Kirit Parikh, Chairman Integrated Research and Action for Development (IRADe) and author of the seminal report on pricing methodology for diesel, domestic LPG and PDS, believes that though the federal dispensation is presently offering lucrative terms to investors in the oil and gas sector, it must also ensure that those commitments are adhered to.
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BIG Data The New Oil
The ability to harness and store large volumes of data to enable future services and add extensions to current services to improve can only be achieved with big data.
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We will invest Rs.7,000 crore in port expansion
We have designed this port for the future, keeping in mind the volumes of inbound and outbound trade (that) is likely to happen. Our plan is to bring a Valemax-size vessel which can carry 400 thousand tonnes of iron.
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Mori is first village to get piped gas supply in AP
The Andhra Pradesh government is planning to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Andhra Pradesh Gas Distribution Corporation (APGDC) Limited for supplying piped LPG to Mori village in East Godavari district.
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At last, a Budget for the villager?
quite like the manufacturing and services sectors depend on quality of infrastructure for their competitiveness, our agriculture also will be able to make a difference
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oil & gas – The demand for oil
The International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates global oil demand to be highest in five years on weak oil prices. Global refining margins are up 30 per cent year-on-year (YoY)
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Govt okays Rs.5,085 crore in oil subsidy
The government has sanctioned Rs 5,085 crore in oil subsidy for the December quarter, less than one-third of the revenue lost on LPG and kerosene sales. A total of Rs 15,981 crore in revenue was lost by fuel retailers on selling public distribution systems (PDS) kerosene and domestic LPG at government-controlled rates in October-December.
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GAIL to supply feedstock
Gail India Limited has clarified there was no plan to shut down its LPG recovery plant at Lakwa in Assam but would convert it to supply feedstock for the petrochemical unit of Brahmaputra Cracker and Polymer Limited (BCPL) being set up at Lepetkata in Dibrugarh district.