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India grants drilling moratorium of three years to all deepwater block Production Sharing Contracts

By Frontier India | July 8th, 2010 | Category: International, Latest | No Comments »

India today approved the grant of drilling moratorium of three years to all deepwater block Production Sharing Contracts (PSCs) signed under various rounds of exploration till the NELP- V rounds where drilling commitments are pending as on 1st January, 2009. It is hoped that it may lead to new discoveries of oil & gas. To [...]


Canadian experts call for a new NRU reactor at Chalk River

By Frontier India | July 2nd, 2010 | Category: International, Latest | No Comments »

A panel of experts addressing a gathering of scientists as part of the American Conference on Neutron Scattering in Ottawa this week has called for a new research reactor. The panelists represented the research functions of the NRU reactor: materials research using neutron beams and nuclear energy development. Bruce Gaulin, President of the Neutron Scattering [...]


PRC Needs $60.5B in Investments to Help Rural Poor Convert Waste into Energy

By Frontier India | June 24th, 2010 | Category: International, Latest | No Comments »

The People’s Republic of China (PRC) needs 413.5 billion yuan (CNY) (or roughly $60.5 billion) in investments over the next 10 years to harness its biomass energy potential in rural areas, an Asian Development Bank (ADB) report issued today said. Biomass energy is sourced from waste generated from livestock and crop production. If livestock manure [...]


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