India-UAE High Level Joint Task Force on Investments

On November 3, 2020, India and UAE held the High-Level Joint Task Force on Investments. The task force was created in 2012. Highlights The task force discussed upon the following The positive outcomes achieved by the Joint Task Force were discussed The India and UAE sectors with potential for economic growth were identified The existing ..

Month: Current Affairs - November, 2020

Category: International Current Affairs

Topics: Abraham Accord • Belt road Initiative • China • India-UAE • infrastructure • Oil reserves

First Ship load of Crude Oil reaches India

On April 13, 2020, the first crude oil of 1 million barrels from UAE have reached India. The oil prices have declined by 60% since January, 2020. The prices are expected to rise with OPEC and Russia have come to terms to cut their production by 10%. Hence, this is the right time to fill ..

Month: Current Affairs - April, 2020

Category: International Current Affairs

Topics: Crude oil Imports • India-UAE • India-US • Oil Imports • Oil reserves • Padur • Padur Strategic Petroleum Reserves • Strategic Oil Reserves storgaes • Vishakhapatnam

Guyana Elections

The results of Guyana’s elections- the first after the recent discovery of massive oil reserves- is being watched by the international community. Guyana Guyana is a small English speaking country in the northern part of South America. It was a former British colony and one of the poorest in South America. The major ethnic groups ..

Topics: ExxonMobil • Guyana • IMF • Oil reserves

Iran discovers new oil field with 53 Bn barrels of reserves

Iran has discovered a new oilfield with 53 billion barrels of crude oil in Khuzestan province, home to Iran’s Khuzestan’s crucial oil industry. The announcement however did not reveal how much oil could be produced from the reservoir but the find could boost country’s battered economy amid stringent US sanctions. Key Highlights of Discovery The ..

Month: Current Affairs - November, 2019

Category: International Current Affairs

Topics: fossil fuel • Iran • Iran Sanctions • Middle-East • Oil reserves

India’s Strategic Oil Reserves in focus after drone attacks on Saudi Aramco Facility

The policymakers are now deliberating on India’s strategic oil reserves at Mangaluru, Paddur (near Udupi) and Visakhapatnam after the drone strikes on Saudi Arabian Oil Co or Saudi Aramco’s facility over the weekend sent shock waves across global oil markets, hitting supplies. India’s Strategic Oil Reserves State-owned Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserve Ltd (ISPRL) which is ..

Topics: Energy • Energy in Saudi Arabia • Energy security • Mangalore • Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas • Oil reserves • Oil storage • Petroleum • Petroleum industry • Strategic Petroleum Reserve