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.”
Dave Petley posts links to a number of recent landslides in Haiti and the Dominican Republic; Cao Bang, Vietnam; Pari, Pakistan; Kashmir, India and Keene Valley, New York.
The demand for synthetic industrial diamond is expected to grow at a rate of 10 to 15 percent per year in China and India as growth in their manufacturing and construction industries occurs.
By studying small variations in Earth’s gravity scientists have been able to identify areas around the world where people are taking up unsustainable amounts of groundwater.
In Sri Lanka the government is considering legislation that will regulate the use of ground water from commercial wells. Some view this as an attempt to privatize the ground water resource.
The shale gas boom that started in the United States has spread to countries worldwide. The Energy Information Administration has released a report that summarizes the shale gas resource for 14 regions outside of the United States.
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