The Manmohan Singh government had launched an Integrated Energy Policy in mid 2000s. That policy envisaged an energy mix that focused on augmenting the domestic energy resource base...
In spite of the technological advances made in past few decades, a substantial part of the global population still faces food, water and energy shortages, with the aim...
A gas hydrate is a water lattice in which light hydrocarbon molecules are embedded resembling dirty ice. Naturally occurring gas hydrates are a form of water ice which...
Coal Bed Methane (CBM) is natural gas found in coal seams. It mainly consists of Methane (CH4) with minor amounts of nitrogen, carbon dioxide and heavier hydrocarbons like...
The Fracking technology uses huge amount of water that needed to be transported to the fracking site, at significant cost. Further, several chemicals are used in fracking which...
Shale refers to a sedimentary rock resulted from compaction process of small old rocks containing mud and minerals – such as quartz and calcite, trapped beneath the earth...
Since June 2014, the Brent Crude price has fallen to $97 per barrel from $113 per barrel. This fall in price was attributed to several reasons such as...
The Government of India has historically subsidized energy with the objective of protecting consumers from international price volatility and providing energy access for its citizens, especially the poor....
The dismantling of the APM was followed by National Exploration License Policy 1997, which became effective in February, 1999. Since then licenses for exploration are being awarded only...
