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Farzad-B Gas Field
Farzad-B Gas Field is an off-shore natural gas field that is situated 20kms away from Farsi Island in Iran. This gas field was discovered in 2008 by a consortium of three Indian companies, led by the state-owned ONGC Videsh (OVL) the overseas arm of ONGC which has a 40% stake. The other two companies were ..
Topics: Energy • Farzad-B Gas Field • Fossils • Iran • Natural Gas
Global Energy Transition Index
The World Economic Forum recently released the Global Energy Transition Index. The index was prepared in collaboration with Accenture. Key findings of the Report The ten countries that topped the index were from the Northern and Western parts of Europe. Sweden ranked first in the report followed by Norway and Denmark. The other countries that ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs
Topics: Accenture • Energy • Global Energy Transition Index • Renewable energy • World Economic Forum (WEF)
India Energy Modelling Forum to Exchange Important Ideas on Energy and Environment: NITI Ayog
The government think-tank, NITI Ayog, stated that ‘The India Energy Modelling Forum’ would deliberate on ideas pertaining to important energy and environment issues. The India Energy Modelling Forum was launched on July 02, 2020, during the joint working group meeting of the Sustainable Growth Pillar. The Sustainable Growth Pillar is a very important part of ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: Energy • Energy Modelling Forum • Environment • India Energy Modelling Forum • India US Energy Partnership
India’s first gas trading platform launched
On June 15, 2020, the Indian Energy Exchange launched the first gas trading platform. The platform was inaugurated by the Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan. Highlights The Indian Gas Exchange, the online gas trading platform will act as a subsidiary of Indian Energy Exchange and is to be launched in July 2020. ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2020
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: Central Electricity Regulatory Authority • Dharmendra Pradhan • Energy • gas trading platform • Indian energy Exchange (IEX) • Natural Gas
Three mines of Coal India’s arm Western Coalfields Ltd (WCL) inaugurated
Nitin Gadkari, the minister of road transport, highways and MSME has inaugurated three mines of Coal India’s arm Western Coalfields Ltd (WCL). The three mines are: (1) Adasa Mine, an underground to open cast mine, in Nagpur Area of Maharashtra (2) Sharda underground Mine in Kanhan Area and (3) Dhankasa underground mine in Pench Area ..
Topics: Coal • Coal India • Energy • Western Coalfields Ltd