John Prescott, deputy prime minister of UK will seek to quell industry concern over the new energy tax by offering 50 per cent discounts to big companies that cut their fuel bills. He is leading the

The first power plant in the private sector in Tamil Nadu was dedicated to the nation by the State Chief Minister, Mr. M. Karunanidhi. Put up by GMR Vasavi Power Corporation Ltd, a business house of

Expressing serious concern at the uncertainty over the Rs 36,00 crore Assam Gas Cracker project at Tengakhat in Dibrugath district, whose fate hangs in the balance due to the dilly-dallying tactics

A massive explosion, rocked a Chevron Corp refinery in California on Thursday afternoon, sending towering flames and thick black smoke billowing into the sky, witnesses said. Chevron said the blast

The cash-strapped Maharashtra State electricity Board ( MSEB) will have to shell out Rs 150 crore per month, that is Rs 1,800 crore annually for purcasing about 650 mw from the first phase of the

The National Commission for Integrated Water Resources Development Plan (NCIWRDP) has estimated that water requirement for power sector alone by the year 2050 will be as high as 43.7 billion cubic

A high powered committee on restructing of the petroleum sector recommended mergers, strategic alliances and cross holding to equity of four standalone refineries to enable these to survive beyond

The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has so far found 45 gas bearing wells in Tripura and developed a capacity to drill three metric million standard cubic metre (MMSCMI) gas per day, according

The Union Petroleum Minister, Mr. Vazhapadi K. Ramamurthy, has reiterated his demand for a probe into the award of the Ennore LNG project to a consortium of companies headed by Siemens, called the

'environmental issues will be settled':All the environmental issues that have been raised in the context of the Cheyyur Thermal Power Project will be settled amicably, Mr P.R. Kumaramangalam, Union