Sarbani Ray

An inspirational change-maker for women in Indian energy sector – Smt Seema Gupta

——-On the eve of International Women’s day, WEI proudly presents the excerpts on the most successful woman in Indian Power Sector today.  We are thankful to Smt Seema Gupta, Director (Operations), POWERGRID, for sharing with us her thoughts, and her inspirational story, in spite of her busy schedule.———- “Come out of your comfort zone and break the boundaries…..” that’s her success mantra, which she likes to share with all women professionals on International women’s day. As she stars the biggest…

0
Read More

Facts of matter on LNG becoming a diesel fuel replacement in road transportation..

By August 2017, there were more than 24 million Natural Gas Vehicles (NGVs) operating worldwide, with a trajectory of global natural gas vehicle increase from 1996 to 2016.  Asia-pacific region is well ahead to lead the NGVs development, followed by Latin America, and Europe. Even though natural gas in North America has the cheapest price in the world, the development of NGVs in North America is extremely slow (Figure 1). In this write up, author tries to look into the…

0
Read More

LNG – a game changer for the world of fuel energy

In the oil and gas industry, oil has been a dominant energy commodity in the world as a fuel or as a feed stock to refineries for building up a country’s economy. The imbalance between the oil production and consumption determine the transportation routes by pipeline or oil tankers. Oil Pipelines are the most efficient method of transporting oil, but only oil tankers could deliver oil to anywhere as required, across the world. Natural Gas is another principal source of…

0
Read More

Bloomberg Gender Equality Index 2018 – expands to become sector neutral!

Bloomberg Financial Gender Equality Index or BFGEI started in 2016 with financial sector only, and 52 financial firms featured in the list in 2017. The reference index measures gender equality across a company, based on a self disclosure survey. This year a sector neutral GEI has been launched with participation of 104 companies from 10 sectors, spread over in 24 countries. These companies have offered a long standing commitment, to create a diverse and inclusive work environment. Index promotes transparency…

0
Read More

Blockchain based platform for Energy trading

Oil majors like BP, Shell, and others are planning to develop a blockchain based digital platform for energy trading. A consortium has been formed which also includes Statoil, Gunvor, Koch supply and trading and Mercuria. It is evident that the technology will cut cost significantly in oil trading.  

0
Read More