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Oil

Fuel inefficient India heading towards energy crisis

Issue Date: Feb 15, 2007
After the price hike last year, many Delhi-ites reportedly switched to buses and the metro--the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation flaunted a 12 per cent increase in trips. As Jaibir Kakar, a retail fuel pump owner in Hemkunt Colony put it, "Our sales do show a difference when the prices rise. The last time prices escalated, our average sales dipped by about 10 per cent.

Damodar - Ten years after

Issue Date: Mar 15, 2003
Also read: Damodar - Ten years ago

From barrels to battlefields

Issue Date: Oct 31, 2002
The US President George W Bush is raring to launch an attack on Iraq. Whether it has weapons of mass destruction or not, Iraq certainly has the world's second largest reserves of petroleum after Saudi Arabia. Thanks to UN sanctions, it produces a mere fraction of its potential. The US, on the other hand, is the world's largest consumer and importer of oil. It is certain whatever else, the desire to control Iraq's oil lubricates the US war machinery.

News 360° - Briefs

Issue Date: Mar 15, 2011
Pollution Chevron not sorry For amazon

Mumbai oil spill: threat to marine life, coast

Author(s): Reshma Jathar
Issue Date: Aug 27, 2010
Two cargo ships collided off the Mumbai coast on August 7 causing an oil spill that spread quickly through Maharashtra's coastline. MSC Chitra ruptured its tank when it hit incoming MV Khalijia and ran aground at Colaba, near Prongs Reef Lighthouse. The vessel contained about 1,200 tonnes of fuel oil in its tanks of which 800 tonnes spilled into the Arabian Sea before the leaks could be plugged two days later.

India pledges to sign Bunker Convention after the spill

The International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage, 2001 or Bunker Convention is meant to ensure prompt and effective compensation to persons who suffer damage caused by oil spill, when carried as fuel in ships' bunkers. The convention came into force in November 2008, but India is still not a signatory to it.

What the disaster plan says

The National Oil Spill Disaster Contingency Plan (nos-dcp) of 2006 allocates functional responsibilities to various ministries and departments for oil spill response in the maritime zones of India. The Director General Coast Guard is designated the Central Coordinating Authority (cca) to implement the plan. The nos-dcp 2006 provisions state:

Dangerous cargo

MSC Chitra, a Panama registered cargo ship, was loaded with 1,219 containers of which 31 contained hazardous material—six had organophosphate pesticides and the remaining contained sodium hydroxide and hydrogen peroxide. It is not certain if the containers that fell into the sea have ruptured and leaked.

Science & Technology - Briefs

Issue Date: Jul 15, 2010
FORESTRY Burn and slash

News 360 ° - Briefs

Issue Date: Jul 15, 2010
US $1 TRILLION WORTH OF MINERALS
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