From pricing to allocation, natural gas is one sector that is always into controversies - and L Mansingh knows it well. The chairman of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board, in an interview, shares his views regarding the potential, controversies and pricing of the fuel.
Reversing its earlier stand, a high level government committee said that domestic natural gas users cannot be asked to subsidise costlier imported LNG as pooling of natural gas prices was not feasible. An inter-ministerial panel headed by Planning Commission Member Saumitra Chaudhuri in its draft report a few months back had suggested averaging out price of costlier imported LNG with cheaper domestic gas.
It is hard to think of more awkward country in which to drill for gas than the craggy, creviced hillsides that rise up from the banks of China’s turbid Yellow River in the northern province of Shan
Western Australian Environment Minister Bill Marmion said Friday that he has imposed 24 "tough" conditions on Chevron Corp.'s (CVX) proposed Wheatstone liquefied natural gas export project.
The environmental impact assessment reports comprising of the terrestrial component b M/s Enkay Enviro Services Pvt. Ltd and the marine component by Indomer Coastal Hydraulics (P) Ltd., Chennai, under the overall coordination of BMT Consultants India Pvt. Limited.
The government`s $20 billion flagship project for import of 500 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd) of liquefied natural gas (LNG) has been challenged again in the Supreme Court.
The President’s Office and State Electric Company (STELCO) confirmed today that the US$200 million Gaafaru Wind Farm project, previously expected to be operational by 2013, was dissolved last year.
