India is among one of the key producers and consumers of steel pipes and tubes in the Asia-Pacific region. Growth in various end-use industries, especially oil & gas and water, is expected to further propel the demand for these products. By DR. RAMESH CHANDRA MANSUKHANI

In an important development that is likely to have long-term ramifications for the world’s fifth-largest economy and the South Asian region, India and the US have announced new areas of research on transformational power generation based on supercritical CO2 (sCO2) power cycles and advanced coal technologies, including carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS).

Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel, Dharmendra Pradhan has urged US companies to enhance their participation in the country’s oil & gas sector.

Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Steel, Dharmendra Pradhan has asserted that the country was all set to emerge as one of the primary drivers of growth in gas demand in Asia, despite the pressing COVID-19 challenges.

Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Steel Dharmendra Pradhan has said that the experience of Indian Oil as a pioneer in implementing Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) towards enhancing rural penetration of liquified petroleum gas (LPG) as a clean cooking fuel in India would help in promoting its use in Bangladesh.

An MoU was signed today for a waste to energy plant at Okhla, Delhi, between Indian Oil, NTPC Ltd and South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC).

Minister of Steel and Petroleum & Natural Gas, Dharmendra Pradhan announced the setting up of a working group to regularly monitor the increase in steel usage in India.

Speaking on the occasion, Pradhan said, “The R&D centre of Indian Oil has over the years blossomed into a state-of-the-art research institution for downstream petroleum R&D, focusing on indigenising technologies and processes to suit Indian conditions.

Petroleum major BP on Thursday announced plans to set up a major new centre for its global business services (GBS) operations in Pune.