
CRUDE-OIL STORAGE IN AN ERA OF PLENTY: Part 1: INDIA’S STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVES
Abstract
Excess crude oil in the global market, coupled with the drastic reduction of consumption in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and the resultant curtailment of seaborne transport, have led to a phenomenon hitherto unseen in…

PHYSICAL PROTECTION OF INDIA’S CRITICAL MARITIME INFRASTRUCTURE: Part 2: MARITIME ENERGY SECTOR
The impact of the energy sector upon other sectors of the economy, especially in a severely energy-deficient country like India, is inordinately large. As such, its criticality is commensurately high. The production and supply of energy resources…
Image Credits: The Wall Street JournalCHINA: RENEWED ENERGY DEPENDENCE ON IRAN
China and Iran recently concluded a deal on developing Abadan oil refinery, the largest oil refinery in Iran. In September 2016, the final agreement was reached between China’s Stateowned oil refinery SINOPEC and Iranian Oil Refining and…
Image Credits: USGSNATURAL GAS DISCOVERIES IN THE LEVANT BASIN: INDIA’S PROSPECTS
Recent Large Discoveries
In January 2016, an Israeli gas exploration group, led by the Isramco Negev and Modiin Energy companies, discovered two large gas reservoirs off Israel’s Mediterranean shore, Daniel East and Daniel West fields.…
