Ministry of Power in October' 08 reviewed the various aspects of implementation of new power projects (NTPC + DVC) of commonwealth games 2010. Critical issues reviewed by MoP are detailed in the document.

The document gives details about the power scenario in Northern Region for the month of October 2008. It includes sector-wise details of present installed capacity; Power supply position ; and likely capacity addition during 11th plan.

The document gives details about the power scenario in Uttrakhand for the month of October 2008. It includes sector-wise details of present installed capacity; Power supply position ; and likely capacity addition during 11th plan.

The document gives details about the power scenario in Uttar Pradesh for the month of October 2008. It includes sector-wise details of present installed capacity; Power supply position ; and likely capacity addition during 11th plan.

The document gives details about the power scenario in Rajasthan for the month of October 2008. It includes sector-wise details of present installed capacity; Power supply position ; and likely capacity addition during 11th plan.

The document gives details about the power scenario in Northern Region for the month of October 2008. It includes sector-wise details of present installed capacity; Power supply position ; and likely capacity addition during 11th plan.

The document gives details about the power scenario in Punjab for the month of October 2008. It includes sector-wise details of present installed capacity; Power supply position ; and likely capacity addition during 11th plan.

The document gives details about the power scenario in Jammu & Kashmir for the month of October 2008. It includes sector-wise details of present installed capacity; Power supply position ; and likely capacity addition during 11th plan.

The document gives details about the power scenario in Himachal Pradesh for the month of October 2008. It includes sector-wise details of present installed capacity; Power supply position ; and likely capacity addition during 11th plan.

The document details about the progress status of 11 NTPC power projects (Thermal as well as Hydro) as in October 2008.

The document gives details about the power scenario in Haryana for the month of October 2008. It includes sector-wise details of present installed capacity; Power supply position ; and likely capacity addition during 11th plan.

The document gives details about the power scenario in Chandigarh for the month of October 2008. It includes sector-wise details of present installed capacity; Power supply position ; and likely capacity addition during 11th plan.

The document gives details about the power scenario of all the five Regions for the month of October 2008. It includes sector-wise details of present installed capacity; Power supply position ; and likely capacity addition during 11th plan.

The document gives details about the over all power scenario of all the country for the month of October 2008. It includes sector-wise details of present installed capacity; Power supply position ; and likely capacity addition during 11th plan.

It is a 60 MW coal based power project located in Mahaboob Nagar District of Andhra Pradesh. The land requirement of the project is 40 acres and coal requirement is 3.65 Lakhs Tonnes per annum. The project has achieved the Environmental Clearance from Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF). The project is expected to be commissioned by July 2009.

It is a 40 MW coal based thermal power plant located in Bellary Dist, Karnataka. The land requirement of the project is 28 acres and coal requirement is 2.4 Lakhs Tonnes per annum. The Environmental Clearance is under proposal with Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF). The project is expected to be commissioned by October 2009.

The document gives details about the financing and loan approval procedure for power projects under the restructured APDRP during the XI Plan.

This document is a primer on gas pricing in India. It talks about the different gas pricing scenarios in India including APM Pricing, Pre-NELP fields gas pricing, NELP pricing and R-LNG Pricing. Overview of prevailing gas prices, gas price approved by EGOM, NELP Provisions related to gas pricing, principles of valuation of natural gas, issues in taking profit gas in kind, recommendations of key committees on gas pricing and windfall taxes.

The petroleum products sales of 97021 TMTs during September 2008 recorded a growth of 9.9% over September 2007. Including Gas products, there is a growth of 9.7% during September 2008. The cumulative growth of petroleum products is 6.0% and including gas the growth is 5.9%.

The overall sales performance of petroleum products during September 2008 and April - September 2008 along with comparison of sales performance with corresponding period last year is given on the above document.

ONGC's exploration programme is very dynamic and vibrant. Activities in accordance with the directions set forth in "India Hydrocarbon Vision-2025" are pursued relentlessly to achieve the long-term strategic objectives.

As a strategy, exploration input is being optimized based on risk-reward perception but, at the same time, it is invested optimally in different categories of basins requiring different levels of intellectual and, physical inputs.

Areas have been prioritized both for exploration input planning and knowledge building for bringing more basins on the hydrocarbon map of India. The exploratory activities of ONGC in the country during 2002-07 progressed with the X-Plan exploration programme which envisaged.....click on the above link to get the detailed note.

As per Government decision under-recoveries of OMCs in price sensitive products i.e. Domestic LPG, PDS Kerosene, MS and HSD are shared by upstream companies.

The subsidy is allowed by way of discount on crude oil, domestic LPG and PDS-SKO to the OMCs as per the rates advised by MoP&NG/PPAC.

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In addition to crude oil and natural gas, ONGC's product-line also includes value added products, namely, LPG, Naphtha, Kerosene, ATF, HSD, LSHS and C2-C3 (Ethane-Propane).

ONGC resorts to direct marketing of some of its products in line with the Govt. guidelines on the subject in addition to marketing through OMCs at market determined prices. As per Govt. guidelines, Domestic LPG and PDS Kerosene are-continued to be supplied to PSU Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) at Refinery Transfer Prices fixed by Industry.

Due to domestic surpluses of Naphtha caused by steadily increasing availability of Re-gasified LNG (RLNG), ONGC has been resorting to direct exports ex-Hazira and JNPT in addition to sale in the domestic market.

Product-wise marketing practices for various products of ONGC details can be had by clicking on the above link.

It has been the constant endeavor of ONGC to minimize gas flaring and maximize gas utilization. With the various actions taken by ONGC, gas flaring in ONGC has come down to 3.2% of production in 2007-08.

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ONGC has taken various actions for augmenting/maintaining the crude oil and natural gas production. In addition to focus on repair of existing wells, artificial lift and stimulation of wells, following various efforts are being made/planned for enhancing oil and gas production in the fields being operated by ONGC in the offshore and onshore areas of the country

CIL made a presentation on its achievements and status of coal production in CIL at a meeting on November 12, 2008. The document lists the decisions that were taken there.

The document provides a detailed state-wise list of captive lignite blocks earmarked for the purpose of allocation for mining by MoC in its meeting held on October 23, 2008.

The list provides details of unalloted captive coal blocks identified by CIl out of 148 identified blocks.these blocks have 453.58MTs of proved reserves.

CIL had carried out an exercise in 2004 for identification of blocks required for maintaining the production at XI Plan level up to 2036-37. A total of 290 additional blocks were identified. The total reserves to be retained by CIL, which together with the then existing mines and projects had a total resource of around 93 Billion tonnes. However, in 2006, CIL was advised to retain only those blocks which were projected for production by XI plan and relinquish the remaining blocks for captive allocation. In the process, 48 CIL blocks (40 explored and 8 unexplored) which could not be brought to production by the terminal year of XI Plan, had to be left for captive allocation.

On account of limited availability of recoverable coking coal reserves and near absence of high grade low ash thermal coal reserves in the country, efforts are required to obtain these grades of coal from international sources through imports. Further, under the New Coal Distribution Policy, CIL has been given the mandate to meet the entire domestic requirement of coal in the policy and it envisages that in order to meet the domestic requirement, Coal India Limited (CIL) may have to import coal as may be required from time to time.

It highlights the physical and financial performance of BCCL for the month of October, 2008.The production in the month of Oct'08 for BCCL has registered a positive growth, both in coal production and OB removal as compared to same period last year. The company has produced 1.727 MT of coal in the month of Oct'08 compared to 1.658 MT in Oct'07, registering a positive growth of 4.16%. On cumulative basis, coal production of 11.919 MT during Apr-Oct'08 against 11.561 MT last year reflects a growth of 3.1%.

This provides the status of ongoing projects costing above Rs 20 crore and above.Out of 5 number of projects only 1 project is on schedule.

The list shows that total cumulative outstanding dues to BCCL from power sectors as on October 31, 2008 is 215.04 crores.

The List of projects totaling to 1910 MW which were given part linkage in the SLC meeting held in Aug, 2007 but recommended for full linkage based on their orders for EPC and BTG contract for full capacity.

Power projects totaling to 1950 MW which were included in the priority list sent by MoP to MoC under Priority-ll but recommended to be included under Priority-I based on their orders on both EPC contractor and BTG supplier.

Ministry of Power has recommended these projects (totaling to 9264 MW) who have placed order and paid advance to both the EPC contractor and BTG supplier after a detailed review of their project status.

It covers annual generation target,coal requirement and coal availability from all sources and the shortfall of coal requirement for the country.

The table provides the import data of coal by the power utilities as on October 31, 2008.Torrent AEC, Relaiance Energy,TNEB achieved their target set by over 100% and NTPC only achieved 17% ( 0.839MT as compared to 8.250MTs) of their import target.

It gives coal stock norms for power stations as prescribed by CEA.

This gives comprehensive data related to normative coal stock requirement,coal stock position as on November 3, 2008,number of critical and super critical thermal power stations.

This provides in tabular form the major issues related to signing of FSA by power utilities with coal companies.

It covers 11th plan capacity addition program of power ministry vis a vis coal requirement for the projects queuing up.It also highlights issues related to development of coal blocks and action points related there to.

It covers coal availability for the year 2008-09,coal supply position, import of coal by different power companies,coal stock positions and issues related with FSA.