India’s green hydrogensector is expected to be increasingly dominated by big players going forward as high capital requirements, economies of scale, and financial challenges will drive out small players, according to experts. “It is indeed true that the initial excitement around the green hydrogen business in India stands reduced with the early enthusiasm from companies […]
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Oil prices are set to finish this week some $2 per barrel lower than a week ago as the January ICE Brent futures contract expires just below $77 per barrel. However, the second straight weekly decline could be cut short very quickly if Donald Trump’s February 1 deadline for Canada and Mexico leads to the […]
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Hardeep Singh Puri, the Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, on Saturday reitered the government’s commitment to compensating for losses incurred by Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) and said this does not require a separate budgetary provision. Puri explained that his ministry can seek funds from the finance ministry when required and said oil manufacturers […]
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Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, expressed her regret at the Davos Forum that energy prices in Europe are substantially higher than those in the United States and China. Von der Leyen’s conduct so far can be characterized as a rabid anti-Russian and pro-Ukrainian cheerleader. Although she turned the facts upside […]
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The government has signed a heads of agreement (HOA) with the US-based Argent LNG to import up to 5 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas per year for 20 years. Argent LNG is developing a 25 million metric tonnes per annum LNG facility in Louisiana, a southeastern US state on the Gulf of Mexico. The […]
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Expecting the second term of US President Donald Trump to be overall good for the energy sector, public sector major GAIL India’s chairman Sandeep Kumar Gupta has said that any softening in oil and gas prices may still take some time. Speaking during the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, Gupta also said GAIL is looking […]
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India’s natural gasoutput is headed for a muted show in FY25 after three straight years of rise, as the production outlook is rather circumspect at Reliance Industries’ KG Basin fields that were at the vanguard of the industry’s growth in recent years. India produced 27.3 billion cubic meters in April-December 2024, compared with 27.2 billion […]
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India may purchase more American energy as US President Donald Trump’s pro-oil and gas policies will increase US supplies to the global market, weighing on prices, Oil Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Tuesday “If you were to ask me whether more American energy is going to come on to the market, my answer is […]
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Indian state refiners have asked Abu Dhabi National Oil Co (ADNOC) to offer pricing of its crude on a delivered basis to manage costs, three refining sources said, after fresh US sanctions disrupted supplies and caused freight rates to spike. Refiners in India, which imports over 80 per cent of its oil, have been hit […]
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The country’s oil marketing companies are expected to register strong earnings in the third quarter of the fiscal year on the back of healthy retail margins on diesel and gasoline led by a decline in crude oil prices, as per analysts. Elara Capital expects OMC’s retail margin on diesel to increase to Rs 9.3 per […]
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