India Petroleum Updates

Saturday, May 07, 2005
India Petroleum Update
NELP-V attracting interest, Reviving oil wells in Assam, ONGC announces three discoveries
Pipeline Update: Indo-Iran pipe by 2010, India offers $2.50 per mBtu, China interested in the pipe, Oman pipe still on?
Elsewhere: ONGC's private security in NE, progress on coal gassification project, BPCL moves on Bina refinery, HPCL divestment officially off.

Sunday, May 01, 2005
India Petroleum Update
Foreign Oil Equity - Interesting Developments: Freeing PSU investing abroad. Footprint now in 4 countries.
Gas On The Domestic Front - Tapti gas field, RIL's KG Basin, Iran LNG for Petronet.
Downstream On The Domestic Front - negative growth in petro products, Cairn crude for IOC, JV with ONGC, ONGC's troubles in NE
India's Oil Barons - India's Top Ten Oil Men
Dubya-speak - offers clean tech to India

Saturday, April 23, 2005
India Petroleum Update
The Venezuelan Angle: ONGC talking to PDVSA
Domestic Sources: Cairn upgrades reserves estimates, ONGC new tech in Assam, India's oil output dips
The Pipeline Saga...: Bangladesh pipeline, Uzbek link to TAP, Energy Charter Treaty
The Hinduja Connection
The Black Gold's Curse

Saturday, April 16, 2005
India Petroleum Update
Videocon - New Kid On The Block
The Qatari Angle
Burmese Gas
Elsewhere...

Saturday, April 09, 2005
India Petroleum Update
Pipeline Politics - The Eastern Front
The Saudi Front
The Domestic Front - Oil, Politics and Business: price hike demand, OIL gives up Louisiana field, haggling over IPO proceeds, IOC tops ATS ranking, freed from SCI, glut in Jamnagar

Saturday, April 02, 2005
India Petroleum Update
Re-visiting the North-East
The Saudi Angle
Pipeline Politics
The View From Here

Friday, March 25, 2005
India Petroleum Update
Action on the refineries front: Mid-East interest in setting up refineries in India
Foreign Oil Equity Quest: IOC-OIL formally acquire field in Libya
Domestic Exploration: positive signs of gas in the Sunderbans
Retail: ONGC and Reliance

Friday, March 18, 2005
India Petroleum Update

Friday, March 11, 2005
India Petroleum Update
The Russian frontier
The happenning ONGC! - discoveries KG Basin, Egypt, Nigeria. Stake in Venezuela, to buy VLCC
Reliance on the prowl too - International Refiner of the year, stake-hunting in Africa, Mid-East, Lat-Am.
Restructuring options - Synergy for Energy
NELP-V lures Talisman and Shell
Aiyar this week - EOU Refineries
Moot Point: Are Indian reserves hyped up?

Thursday, March 03, 2005
India Petroleum Update
The oil equity quest: Qatar, Iran, Burma, Russia, Bangladesh, Angola, Chad, Nigeria
Aiyar's Third Front: Longer-term contracts
Domestic compulsions on strategy: Under-pricing costs $15 bn

Tuesday, February 22, 2005
India Petroleum Update
Kazakhstan (Kashagan), Russia (Yukos), ONGC in Sunderbans

Tuesday, February 15, 2005
India Petroleum Update
GAIL - DPC, China, Burma, Infosys
Asian Gas Grid
Yugansk stake for India not China
Euro-III fuel, Chemtech 2005

Alternate Energy

Saturday, April 09, 2005
The Kyoto Windfall

Wednesday, May 04, 2005
World's First OTEC facility - in India!
Brief Introduction: what is OTEC?
The big story: OTEC plant commissioned in India

Tuesday, May 03, 2005
Some Clean Power Trends
Statistics show that wind power is getting more economical.
Microbial Fuel Cells can convert waste water to hydrogen or electricity.

Thursday, April 28, 2005
World's first Solar-City - in India!

Wednesday, April 27, 2005
More on the Kyoto Windfall
Carbon Development Mechanism and resultant benefits for industry

Tuesday, April 19, 2005
Reva - set for big time

Monday, April 11, 2005
"Garbage Power" Initiatives
Biomass initiatives - a mechanic in Rajasthan and a plant in Delhi

Friday, April 08, 2005
Windy Trends For Power In India

Friday, March 11, 2005
Alternate Energy is happenning in India...
Wind Power
Bio-diesel

Thursday, February 24, 2005
GAIL guns for gas from coal

Wednesday, February 02, 2005
Biodiesel - disagreement between champions