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Kirit Parikh committee to review existing marketing structure in LPG marketing in India
The Government of India (GoI) has recently constituted a 5-member committee to review existing marketing structure in Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) marketing in India. The committee, headed by economist Kirit Parikh, will look into issues related to definition or quality standards of LPG being marketed. Its terms of reference also include scope for liberalizing government ..
Topics: Liquefied petroleum gas • LPG • Petroleum production
The researchers at Purdue University in US develops a new method to purify water used in oil refinement
Researchers at Purdue University in the US, including one of Indian origin, have developed a new process to remove nearly all traces of oil in produced water — a byproduct from the oil refinery and extraction process. The process uses activated charcoal foam and subjects it to solar light to produce heat and purify the ..
Topics: Chemistry • Distillation • Natural sciences • Northern Wei • Oil refineries • Petroleum production • Physical sciences • Produced water • Song dynasty
2nd Asia LPG 2019 Summit
The 2nd edition of the Asia LPG Summit 2019 was held in New Delhi with theme ‘LPG – Energy for Life’. The summit was organized by the World LPG Association (WLPGA) in association with major Indian public-sector oil companies (OMCs) Indian Oil, Hindustan Petroleum, and Bharat Petroleum. In it, Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan stated ..
Category: Summits and Conferences
Topics: Bharat Petroleum • CNX Nifty • Companies • Economy of India • Energy • Give up LPG subsidy • Hindustan Petroleum • Indian Oil Corporation • Liquefied petroleum gas • Petroleum production • World LPG Association
ONGC to introduce Asia’s first large scale CO2 injection technique at Gandhar field
The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) will soon launch Asia’s first large scale CO2-injected project in its Gandhar oil field in Gujarat to recover an extra 20 million barrels of crude oil under the Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) programme which is being undertaken to improve India’s energy security. The EOR programme is set to ..
Topics: Chemistry • Enhanced oil recovery • Nature • Oil and Natural Gas Corporation • petroleum • Petroleum production • Physical sciences • Residual oil • Solar thermal enhanced oil recovery • Unconventional oil
ADB approves fund for Reliance Bangladesh Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved debt financing and partial risk guarantee of $583 million to develop Reliance Power’s 750MW LNG based combined cycle power plant and LNG terminal project in Bangladesh. ADB’s financing package includes loans and partial risk guarantees for the power generation facility, as well as for the LNG terminal. The ..
Topics: Chemical substances • Chemistry • Fuels • Liquefied natural gas • Petroleum production • Reliance Power