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 State for Shipping (Independent Charge), Mansukh Mandaviya on Wednesday reviewed the development activities of Vallarpadam Terminal of Cochin Port. The terminal is envisaged as the first transshipment port of India, managed by the UAE-based Dubai Ports World.

Secretary, Ministry of Coal, Anil Kumar Jain on Tuesday said that if the need arises, the government will spend Rs 500 billion to improve the coal evacuation infrastructure.

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.

India’s overall petroleum products consumption, which had nosedived in the last week of March and April this year, steadily returned to the pre-lockdown levels in June 2020, data emanating from the sales figures of public sector oil majors IOC, BPC and HPC has revealed.

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).