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Crude oil output of India drops

The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas recently released its data for the fiscal year 2020-21. According to the data, crude oil production of India fell to 30.5...

April 21, 2021

India-Qatar Energy Task Force

India and Qatar are to establish a task force on energy. The task force will be represented by a senior officer from petroleum Ministry of India and the...

December 14, 2020

India Signs MoU to Develop Strategic Petroleum Reserve in US

The Petroleum Minister, Dharmendra Pradhan has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Energy Secretary of the US in order to start cooperation on strategic petroleum reserve. India...

July 18, 2020

Iran drops off India from Chabahar Rail Project

On July 14, 2020, the Iranian Government announced that it is to move ahead with construction of rail line from Chabahar port to Zahedan on its own. According...

July 14, 2020

IEA Report: Global Energy Review, 2020

The International Energy Agency recently released Global Energy Review in 2020. The report highlights the global energy demand in 2020 and carbon dioxide emissions. Highlights The report was...

May 9, 2020

Negative Oil Prices

The near term contracts from USA’s crude oil traded negative for the first time. A barrel was priced at minus 38 USD. Negative Prices A commodity can be...

April 22, 2020

Corona Virus: OPEC to cut oil production largely since 2008 financial crisis

On March 5, 2020, the world’s largest oil production nations of OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) have planned to cut production. This is the deepest oil production...

March 6, 2020

INS Jamuna deployed on Hydrographic Survey off coast Sri Lanka

The Indian Naval Ship (INS) Jamuna has been deployed in the shores of Sri Lanka to carry out a joint Hydrographic survey. The survey is to be conducted...

February 13, 2020

IOC signs MoU with Russia’s Rosneft for crude oil imports

Indian Oil and Gas company, the Indian Oil Corporation recently signed an MoU with Russian energy firm, Rosneft for importing Crude Oil from Russia. The crude oil purchase agreement...

February 6, 2020

IEA launches India’s Energy Policy Report

On January 10, 2020, the International Energy Agency (IEA) launched India’s Energy Policy Report. The report insisted that India should adopt its think tank NITI Aayog’s National Energy...

January 10, 2020

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