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Peaking gas and power units to run under special scheme next summer

Move aimed at handling peak demand, NTPC-GAIL to ink pact, PowerMin to fund the scheme

Cummins, Tecnimont to provide tech support to GAIL for MP gas company

Global power solutions provider Cummins in collaboration with Tecnimont will help GAIL in setting up a proton exchange membrane electrolyzer for the public sector natural gas company at Vijaipur in Madhya Pradesh, a release said on Wednesday. The facility, said to be one of India largest, is expected to produce 4.3 tonnes of green hydrogen per day, which will be equivalent to around 10 MW of electrical power generation, it said. Tecnimont Private Limited (TCMPL), an engineering, procurement and construction firm, is the Indian subsidiary of Maire Tecnimont Group. Cummins said it will leverage its proprietary PEM electrolysis technology for the GAIL project. "The GAIL green hydrogen production project based on our PEM electrolyzer technology is a first of its kind and will pave the way for many such projects in the future," said Ashwath Ram, Managing Director at Cummins India. Cummins said it has supplied and commissioned more than 600 electrolyzers worldwide with PEM and alkaline

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India's gas reliance grows as Europe cuts down on energy consumption

India's demand for the fuel has slumped 5 per cent in the April-September period of FY23 to 31.5 billion cubic metres from a year ago, after rising 5 per cent 2021-22

GAIL Q2 net profit down 46% on higher prices, Russian gas disruption

In an emergency bid to secure stable LNG supply, GAIL has sought to expedite talks on short- and long-term supply deals with Gulf firm ADNOC

GAIL Q2 net falls 46% as Russian gas supply snag hurts petchem business

State-owned gas utility GAIL (India) Ltd on Thursday reported a 46 per cent drop in its September quarter net profit as it slashed petrochemical output after a former unit of Russian energy giant Gazprom stopped gas supplies. Net profit stood at Rs 1,537.07 crore in July-September compared with Rs 2,862.95 crore profit in the same period a year back, according to a stock exchange filing of the company. The profit for the firm that transports and sells natural gas to users like fertiliser plants and CNG retailers was sequentially down 47.2 per cent from Rs 2,915.19 crore profit in the April-June quarter. GAIL's mainstay natural gas marketing business saw revenues doubled but profitability declined 66 per cent as higher gas prices, resulting from a global surge in energy rates following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, hurt margins. It posted a pre-tax loss of Rs 346.22 crore in the petrochemical business in Q2 as compared to a pre-tax profit of Rs 363.29 crore a year back and Rs 35.16

Emergency bid: GAIL inks agreement with ADNOC to secure LNG supply

Officials said the agreement represents a reworking of India's gas sourcing strategy as the country aims to aggressively source LNG from a wider list of nations

India reaches out to US, Iraq for LNG after Gazprom reduces supply: Report

The decision comes as LNG supplies from Russia's Gazprom have been declining since the start of the Russia-Ukraine war

CIL to ink pacts with BHEL, IOCL, GAIL for 4 coal gasification projects

State-owned CIL will sign agreements with three public sector enterprises -- Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL), Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) and GAIL (India)-- in order to set up four surface gasification projects. Through gasification process, coal is converted into syngas -- a fuel gas -- which can be used in downstream production of value added chemicals. The government aims to achieve 100 million tonnes of coal gasification in the next eight years in order to reduce the import of crude oil which is otherwise used to produce syngas. "Coal India Limited (CIL), under the aegis of Ministry of Coal, will be inking three major Memorandum of Undertaking (MoU) on September 27," the coal ministry said in a statement. The proposed projects would reduce forex outgo and create around 23,000 jobs, it said. The government had earlier said that the target to gasify 100 million tonnes of coal by 2030 will entail an investment of over Rs 4 lakh crore. This 100 MT coal gasification will

Stocks to Watch: GAIL, Sona BLW, ONGC, Natco Pharma, RIL, Airtel, Vodafone

Stocks to Watch: Blackstone Inc. is seeking to raise as much as Rs 3,180 crore ($400 million) through the sale of shares in Indian automotive component maker Sona Comstar

Ukraine conflict: India's LNG firms see rising costs, shrinking supplies

Rising costs and shrinking supplies will impact major expansion plans

GAIL feels blowback from Ukraine war as former Gazprom unit cuts supplies

A former Gazprom subsidiary reneges on its supply contract forcing the state-owned gas distributor to cut back supplies to key industries

GAIL to double share capital; add specialty chemicals, clean energy to biz

GAIL has sought shareholder approval to increase authorised share capital of the company to Rs 10,000 cr from current Rs 5,000 cr to help raise finance for its expansion plans over the next 3-4 years

GAIL Q1 net profit rises 51% to Rs 2,157 cr on marketing margin boost

The margin on gas marketing made up for a 12.5% decline in earnings from the gas transportation business and a 74% drop in petrochemicals earnings

Top headlines: BoE raises rates by most since 1995; GAIL Q1 net up 51%

GAIL (India) Ltd, the nation's largest gas utility, on Thursday reported a 51 per cent jump in its June quarter net profit on the back of bumper margins from gas marketing

GAIL starts to ration gas as former Gazprom unit cuts supplies: Report

GAIL (India) Ltd has started gas rationing, cutting supplies to fertiliser and industrial clients after imports were hit under its deal with a former unit of Russian energy giant Gazprom

Jindal Power exits race to buy JBF Petro; RIL, others in contention

L N Mittal-backed HPCL-Mittal Energy and govt-owned companies remain in contention for the bankrupt firm

Gazprom Singapore misses LNG deliveries to GAIL amid soaring demand: Report

GMTS is willing to offer a penalty to the Indian company for missed cargoes. One of the sources said the penalty is miniscule compared to spot prices of LNG.

Higher prices of natural gas take the steam out of gas utility stocks

However, despite the likely pressure on volumes and margins, and having cut earnings estimates, most analysts are positive on the natural gas sector

No disruption in Russian LNG supplies from Gazprom due to sanctions: GAIL

Earlier this month, Moscow slapped sanctions on owner of the Polish part of the Yamal pipeline that carries Russian gas to Europe, as well as the former German unit of the Russian gas producer Gazprom