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Inox Air to invest Rs 500 cr on gas purification facilities for chip fabs

Fifty different and extremely pure gases are required for fabricating chips, of which only eight are available in raw form in India

Vedanta seeks a minimum of $9.5 per mmBtu for gas from its Rajasthan block

Billionaire Anil Agarwal's Vedanta Ltd is seeking a minimum of USD 9.5 for the natural gas it produces from its Rajasthan block, according to a tender floated by the firm for the sale of the fuel. Vedanta sought bids from users for 0.6 million standard cubic meters per day of gas it plans to produce from the RJ-ON-90/1 block in the Barmer basin of Rajasthan in three months beginning October 1. Gas extracted from below ground is used to produce electricity, make fertilizer, turned into CNG to fire automobiles, or piped to household kitchens for cooking purposes. In the tender, Vedanta asked users to quote a variable 'P' that they are willing to pay over and above 14.5 per cent of Brent crude oil price. At the current Brent price of USD 84 per barrel, the base comes at USD 12.18 (14.5 per cent of USD 84). Users have to quote a 'P' over and above this price. Gas price will be calculated as lower of Platts LNG WIM (the price of liquefied natural gas delivered on India's west coast) an

RIL-bp sets $11 per mmBtu as opening price for gas auction from KG-D6 block

Reliance Industries Ltd and its partner bp of the UK have offered for auction 6 million standard cubic metres per day of more gas from their KG-D6 block as the partners bring the deepest field in the block to production. The two partners will on May 19 e-auction 6 mmscmd of gas, whose supplies will start from June 1, according to a tender document. Bidders have been asked to quote a variable 'v' over and above the JKM price, the spot market benchmark for liquefied natural gas (LNG) delivered to Japan and South Korea. The starting bid price is V = USD -0.06 (minus 0.06) per mmBtu. "Each Bidder is required to enter bids that are higher than or equal to the starting bid price," the tender document said, adding the maximum value of 'v' that would be accepted will be USD 0.75 per mmBtu. The JKM price is around USD 11.5 per million British thermal units at present. And the start price of the auction translates into a gas price of USD 11.44 per mmBtu and at the ceiling, it would result in

Asia's chip makers powered by coal and gas imperil climate goals

None of the 13 semiconductor, display and final assembly companies have climate commitments in line with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recommendations

Ukraine aims to set up major European gas storage hub: Energy Minister

Ukraine has one of the largest underground gas storage facilities in Europe, capable of storing more than 30 billion cubic meters of gas, the minister said

Gas sector confident of smooth transition as it awaits new pricing rules

Officials said existing APM gas prices have been left broadly unchanged till Sept 31 as a temporary arrangement

TMS Ep404: Opec+ output cut, Alibaba, gas stocks, mixed reality headset

How will OPEC+ oil output cut affect you? What is happening at Alibaba? How will the unified pipeline tariff impact gas stocks? What is Apple's mixed reality headset? All answers here

The Parikh committee's logic for proposed gas policy

In a competitive market, it is the consumer price that should be equalled to the cost of imported gas

Parikh panel's plan to link gas prices to global crude comes a cropper

When the suggestion was made, crude was at a huge discount to gas; but now, with the unpredictable course of fossil fuel prices playing spoilsport, govt may be forced to do a rethink

Gas pricing up in the air: 2023 to see new trading products from exchanges

New trading products could be the start of India's attempt to create a domestic price benchmark and derivatives contract market, and the tapering of the administered price regime

Domestic LPG cylinders to come with QR codes: Check benefits, other details

"All domestic gas cylinders will have QR code in the next three months", said IOCL chairman Shrikant Madhav

India's gas reliance grows as Europe cuts down on energy consumption

India's demand for the fuel has slumped 5 per cent in the April-September period of FY23 to 31.5 billion cubic metres from a year ago, after rising 5 per cent 2021-22

AG&P Pratham signs MoU with Karnataka govt to develop city gas distribution

/ -- AG&P Pratham, a leading player in the Indian City Gas Distribution (CGD) industry and the Government of Karnataka signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the development of City Gas Distribution (CGD) networks to supply reliable, economical, and environment-friendly natural gas across fifteen districts of Karnataka. The MoU was signed during the Global Investors Meet 2022 being held in Bangalore from 2nd to 4th November 2022. Under the MoU, AG&P Pratham will invest INR 8,000 crores over the next eight years to build CGD networks in districts of Kolar, Mysuru, Mandya, Chamrajnagar, Hassan, Chikkamagaluru, Kodagu, Bagalkot, Koppal, Raichur, Kalaburagi, Vijayapura, Shivamogga, Uttara Kannada and Haveri. The area being developed by AG&P accounts for more than 55% of the state's geographical area and 42% of its population. Over the next 8 years, AG&P plans to build ~ 1000 km of steel pipelines, and ~5000 km of MDPE pipelines to bring natural gas to 5 million ...

Coal to be back again as gas becoming unaffordable: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

Given the global energy crisis, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that coal is going to be back again as gas has become unaffordable. Sitharaman, who attended the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, said the western world has seen countries moving to coal. The Western world has seen countries moving to coal. Austria has already said, and todaythey are going back to coal, Sitharaman told a group of reporters from India during an interaction on Saturday. Russia has sharply curtailed natural gas shipments to Europe in retaliation for sanctions that the West put in place after its invasion of Ukraine. In late April, Russia cut off gas supplies to Bulgaria and Poland after they refused Moscow's demand to pay for the deliveries in rubles, Russia's currency. Also, apart from that many countries in the West are moving away from coal to generate electricity as it contributes to climate change and air pollution. Responding to a question on her

Russia ready to resume gas supplies to EU via Nord Stream 2: Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Moscow is ready to resume gas supplies to Europe via a link of Germany-bound Nord Stream 2 pipeline under the Baltic Sea. Speaking at a Moscow energy forum, Putin again charged that the U.S. was likely behind the explosions that ripped through both links of the Nord Stream 1 pipeline and one of the two links of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, causing a massive gas leak and taking them out of service. The U.S. has previously rejected similar allegations by Putin.

Will weigh what Russia offers on Sakhalin-1 ownership revamp: Hardeep Puri

India maintains a "healthy dialogue" with Russia and will look at what is offered following announced ownership revamp to the Sakhalin-1 oil and gas project, Hardeep Singh Puri said

Ashok Leyland, IIT Madras tie up to develop hybrid EVS using turbine tech

While the main powertrain will be the electric motor, the onboard power would be generated by a micro gas turbine developed jointly by NCCRD and Aerostrovilos Energy, an IITM-incubated start-up

Coal crisis hits SAIL's Bhilai steel plant output in Chhattisgarh

A stranded ferry from the Visakhapatnam port is cited to be the reason for plunging it into a deep crisis.

Centre to relax rules, fast-track new measures for oil & gas exploration

More processes to be brought under the self-certification framework while clearance portal is being upgraded

BPCL to spend Rs 1.4 trn on petrochemicals, gas business in next five years

BPCL, which owns 20,217 out of 83,685 petrol pumps in the country, is looking at not just selling petrol and diesel at bunks but also providing EV charging as well as fuels of the future like hydrogen