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| March 2006 |
| Vol. II Issue. 41; 29 March 2006 |
| The Central Asian Factor in India's Energy Security - 29 March 2006 |
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"India should realize that a 'great game' is already being played out in Central Asia, primarily between the US and Russia, with the Chinese rendering a formidable third angle. If we continue to play with lousy game plans, obsolete strategies and a frugal mindset, we are bound to lose..."
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| Vol. II Issue. 40; 22 March 2006 |
| India's Energy Policy Space: Structure, Approach and Recent Developments - 22 March 2006 |
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"Rapid adjustments to oil shocks are typically difficult to achieve and very costly, nevertheless policy responses should be designed for emergency cases. Policy responses to address the higher oil prices must contribute to the management of risk and the improvement of flexibility..."
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| Vol. II Issue. 39; 15 March 2006 |
| Energy Security: A Concern for Producer as well as Consumer - 15 March 2006 |
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"In the Asian context, the proximity of the Middle East to East Asia makes them natural trading partners. Increasing Asia Pacific oil imports from the Middle East in the past three decades did not undermine its remarkable economic performance over the period nor did it make the region less secure than Europe or North America..."
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| Vol. II Issue. 38; 08 March 2006 |
| Reciprocity in Energy Security - 08 March 2006 |
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"While oil and gas import dependency was perceived as detrimental to energy security in the past, such perception today contradicts the prevailing environment of open markets and the experience of the past three decades of supply availability and the projected increase in trade flows across regions. It is projected that irrespective of concerns or policy measures to the contrary, OECD oil import dependency will increase from 55 per cent today to 66 per cent by 2025..."
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| Vol. II Issue. 37; 01 March 2006 |
| "Energy Egoism is a Road to Nowhere": Putin - 01 March 2006 |
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"It is especially important to develop a strategy for achieving global energy security. It should be based on a long-term, reliable and environmentally sustainable energy supply at prices affordable to both the exporting countries and the consumers. We will have to identify practical measures aimed at ensuring sustainable access of the world economy to traditional sources of energy, as well as promoting energy-saving programmes and developing alternative energy sources..."
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| February 2006 |
| Vol. II Issue. 36; 22 February 2006 |
| A Move towards Market Driven Petroleum Products Pricing - 22 February 2006 |
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"After the dismantling of APM, the price of domestic crude has been linked to international prices, which implies that the price received by domestic crude oil producers is at par with the global prices. This is in contrast to the pooled price in the APM regime which was determined on the basis of weighted average of world prices and domestic cost of production..."
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| Vol. II Issue. 34-35; 10 February 2006 |
| Petroleum Pricing in India: Brief History, Current Developments and the Way Forward - 10 February 2006 |
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"The main reason for the deregulation of the sector was the serious loopholes in the APM mechanism and its unintended effects, which were economically unsustainable. Oil pricing has been used a tool for achievement of objectives of the government of the day, divorced from the basic economic realities. The prices of politically sensitive products do not reflect the economic cost of the producer..."
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| January 2006 |
| Vol. II Issue. 31; 18 January 2006 |
| Oil Industry in Saudi Arabia: A brief history - 18 January 2006 |
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"Several major oil companies, however, were blocked from obtaining concessions there by what was known as the Red Line Agreement, which prohibited companies with part ownership of a company operating in Iraq from acting independently in a proscribed area that covered much of the Middle East..."
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| Vol. II Issue. 30; 11 January 2006 |
| Biodiesel: Nox Emissions & Air Quality Scenario in India - 11 January 2006 |
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"Air quality scenario in an area is a very important parameter governing identification and selection of appropriate air quality improvement measures such as introduction of alternative transport fuels like biodiesel, CNG, etc. A fuel deserves policy mandate only when the advantages it offers fairly outweigh the associated disadvantages, if any..."
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| Vol. II Issue. 29; 04 January 2006 |
| Biodiesel as Diesel Substitute: Emissions & Environmental Aspects - 04 January 2006 |
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"Various national & international studies and experiments found B20 to be the best mix emitting substantially lower PM, CO, HC and other non-regulated pollutants along with lesser, comparable or marginally higher but statistically insignificant NOx emissions. Moreover, B20 blend is also preferable as this essentially doesn't call for any modification or alteration in the existing conventional diesel engine..."
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