The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) is planning to spend around Rs 657.73 billion for ramping up production from 13 field development projects and three enhanced oil recovery/improved oil recovery (EOR/ IOR) projects. As […]
Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) and its exploration and production partner BP Plc have announced the sanction of the MJ project (also known as D55) in Block Krishna Godavari-D6. MJ is the third of three new […]
The cabinet has approved the introduction of the Special Economic Zones (Amendment) Bill, 2019. The bill will replace the ordinance which was circulated in March 2019. The ordinance had paved the way for trusts to […]
The Union government has inaugurated the mechanised coal handling facility at New Mangalore port. The terminal has been developed by Chettinad Mangalore Coal Terminal Private Limited at a cost of Rs 4.69 billion. The capacity […]
An MoU has been signed between the V.O. Chidambaranar Port Trust and the Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC) for facilitating direct port entry (DPE) of e-sealed factory-stuffed export containers to the port. The MoU has been […]
The maiden export shipment, consisting of around 500 tonnes of rice, sent from India has reached the Shahid Beheshti Chabahar port, Iran. Earlier, in February 2019, the maiden export shipment from Chabahar port was flagged […]
The governments of India, Sri Lanka and Japan have signed a deal to develop a deep sea container terminal in Sri Lanka. The development comes in light of China taking over a strategic port in […]
The Paradip Port Trust (PPT) and the Cochin Port Trust (CPT) have awarded their annual maintenance dredging contracts to the Dredging Corporation of India (DCI). The contract value for dredging works at CPT is Rs […]
The expert appraisal committee (EAC) of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has recommended the grant of environmental clearance and coastal regulation zone clearance (CRZ) for the development of the outer harbour and […]
The Maharashtra Maritime Board (MMB) has awarded the contracts for implementing the environment management plan (EMP) and carrying out environmental monitoring for maintenance dredging activities proposed in the Vasai, Bankot, Dabhol and Vaghotan creeks in […]
As of April 30, 2019, the Indian shipping industry had a fleet of 1,409 vessels of 12.79 million gross tonnage (GT) and 19.39 million deadweight tonnage (DWT). Of the total vessels, 952 were coastal vessels […]
The Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) has awarded the contract for assuring least available depth of 2.5-3 metres through performance-based dredging in the Sultanganj-Mahendrapur (74 km) and Mahendrapur-Barh (71 km) stretches of National Waterway-1 […]
The contract for the construction of three terminals under the Kochi integrated water transport project has been awarded to Marymatha Construction Company (MCC). The three terminals will be constructed at Vytilla, Eroor and Kakkanad. The […]
The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission has allowed compensation to GMR Warora Energy Limited for running its power plant on imported coal in the event of a shortage of linkage coal. The order allows compensation for […]
The central government is working on a scheme to auction power purchase agreements (PPAs) with attached coal supplies from CIL. The proposed auction of medium-term PPAs with coal supplies is expected to help plants with […]
The Central Electricity Authority (CEA) and the Department for International Development (DFID), UK, have collaborated to establish a model for determining an optimum mix and purchase of energy by discoms from all sources for efficient […]
NITI Aayog’s steering committee on transformative mobility has recommended a complete switch to electric three-wheelers and two-wheelers in a phased manner, starting from March 31, 2023. The committee has also proposed banning all internal combustion engine (ICE) three-wheelers by […]
NTPC Limited has secured 100 MW of solar capacity in the Solar Energy Corporation of India’s 250 MW grid-connected solar project tender for the Dondaicha Solar Park, Maharashtra. The solar project will be set up […]
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has secured an order worth Rs 4.4 billion for the erection of two turbine generator units of 1,000 MWe (electric) each at the Kudankulam nuclear power project in Tamil Nadu. BHEL […]
Sterlite Power Limited has commissioned its first power transmission project under the Arcoverde project in Brazil. The project has been commissioned 28 months ahead of schedule. The project covered 139 km of transmission lines, 281 towers, a […]
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