Fuel Pricing

The government has decided to cut prices of fuel oil by eight to ten percent, which is likely to come into effect sometime next week, according to energy ministry officials.

A proposal will soon be sent to the chief adviser (CA) to the caretaker government seeking his approval for the price cut.

Publication Date:

22/10/2008

Source: Daily Star (Bangladesh)

Tags:

Energy, Bangladesh, Fuel Pricing

Energy

No cut in fuel prices: Government

BS Reporter / New Delhi October 22, 2008, 0:49 IST

First supplementary demand for grants gets Lok Sabha nod.

The Lok Sabha today approved the central government

Publication Date:

22/10/2008

Source: Business Standard (New Delhi)

Tags:

LPG, Diesel, Petrol, Energy, Fuel Pricing

Energy

Further reductions in fuel prices announced

State Trading Organization (STO) has decreased the price of diesel and kerosene by Rf0.50 and petrol by Rf0.25 as of Sunday.

Publication Date:

20/10/2008

Source: Haveeru Daily

Tags:

Energy, Maldives, Fuel Pricing

Energy

Local runs motorcycle with pine oil as fuel

While the world is talking about scope of biofuel in combating soaring oil prices, a youth of Palpa district ran a motorcycle using oil he refined from pine resin as fuel on Sunday.
Keshav Karki, a resident of Jarepipal, collected resin produced by pine trees and refined into oil through steam distillation.

Publication Date:

12/10/2008

Source: Kathmandu Post (Nepal)

Tags:

Pine, Energy, Nepal, Fuel Pricing

Energy

Why the oil crisis will persist

According to recent statistics, U.S. motorists have responded to record-high prices at the pump by driving less. Any hope that this cutback will significantly restrain global oil prices is misplaced, however: fundamental factors of supply and demand in the world economy will keep oil costly for years to come. The hope that a cutback in driving by U.S.

Publication Date:

01/10/2008

Author(s): Jeffrey D. Sachs

Source: Scientific American

Vol:

299

Issue:

4

pp:

0

Tags:

Energy Efficiency, Public Transport, Cars, Energy, China, United States Of America (US), Fuel Pricing

Energy

Diesel price up Rs 3.50, petrol price down Rs 5

The government on Monday reduced petrol prices by Rs 5 per litre and revised diesel and kerosene prices upward by Rs 3.50 a litre. A formal notification of the new oil prices was issued by Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) late Monday night. The changed prices will be effective from September 16.

Publication Date:

16/09/2008

Source: Business Recorder (Pakistan)

Tags:

Diesel, Petrol, Energy, Pakistan, Fuel Pricing

Agriculture

Brief

land compensation Tikait arrested Bhartiya Kisan Union leader Mahendra Singh Tikait was arrested in Ghaziabad on August 18. He was on his way to lend support to a farmers

Publication Date:

14/09/2008

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Land Acquisition, Agriculture, Food Policy, Food Prices, Food Supply, Sugar Industry, Diesel, Farmers, Conflicts, Compensation, Energy, Exports, Venezuela, India, Uttar Pradesh, Noida, Reliance Petrochemicals, Fuel Pricing

Energy

In the net

Fuel economy: turf war or guerrilla ambush It can get as bad as not having any money left to buy oil. Increased oil demand from rapidly growing cars can make it worse. Yet there is no sign of official agreement on who must take the lead to draft fuel economy regulations for cars to get more miles out of a litre of fuel burnt. When the push for these regulations came about two years ago from

Publication Date:

14/09/2008

Author(s): Anumita Roychowdhury

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Vehicular Pollution, Carbon Dioxide, Fuel Efficiency, Fuel Economy Standards, Energy Policy, Cars, Energy, Auto Industry, Ministry of Shipping Road Transport and Highways, India, Fuel Pricing