On average, 14 crude oil tankers per day passed through the Strait in 2011, with a corresponding amount of empty tankers entering to pick up new cargos. More than 85% of these crude oil exports went to Asian markets, with Japan, India, South Korea, and China representing the largest destinations.
An article on Reuters.com reports that Oil India Limited, a public oil and gas company under the control of the Government of India, is interested in buying a stake in the Eagle Ford Shale in the United States as well as stakes in natural gas shales in other countries.
USGS has released a a fact sheet titled: “Assessment of Potential Shale Gas Resources of the Bombay, Cauvery, and Krishna–Godavari Provinces, India, 2011“.
The Energy Information Administration has release a country analysis brief for energy production and consumption in India. The chart below shows total energy consumption by type for 2009. The “combustible renewables and waste” category includes firewood and dengue, which are used by more than 800 million Indian households for cooking. Coal continues as the country’s major energy source.
Over the next twenty years China, India and other Asian nations will be rapidly increasing their electricity generation and consumption rates. Most of the electricity will be generated by burning coal.
In a study of 2767 Himalayan Glaciers the Geological Survey of India found that “2184 are retreating, 435 are advancing, and 148 glaciers show no change.”
This YouTube video shows a recent landslide that occurred near Dalhousie, India.
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