State-owned oil companies such as Indian Oil, Bharat Petroleum Corporation and Bharat Petroleum are facing an under-recovery of Rs 12-15 per liter of petrol and diesel sold in the market, and may have to raise selling prices by around Rs 30 per liter to plug the under-recovery, according to industry sources. These companies had last […]
State owned oil and gas company Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) said that it has entered into a joint venture with Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) for the implementation and operation for a 2,757-km long LPG pipeline from Kandla, Gujarat to Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. While Indian Oil Corporation will […]
GAIL India, the country’s largest pipeline operator, said the government has decided to include two additional districts of Bihar — Sheikhpura and Jamui — and one more district in Jharkhand — Deoghar — in the 10th round of bidding for setting up of city gas distribution networks. The ninth round of bidding, for 86 ‘geographical […]
Reliance Industries, which started giving a discount of Re 1 on every liter of diesel sold through its pumps in January, has now started advertising the offer in Kerala. The discount was first noticed in January in North and West Indian towns. The move was, at the time, not taken very seriously by players such as […]
A proposed merger of Indian Oil Corp, Hindustan Petroleum Corp and Bharat Petroleum Corp will reduce inefficiencies across the sector and result in enormous savings, ratings agency Fitch said. It would also create an entity that is better placed to compete globally for resources, and less vulnerable to shifts in oil prices and give it […]
There has been an explosion at the oil refinery in Kochi, operated by Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. The explosion happened at the electricity generation plant at the refinery. The power plant works on gas and was undergoing maintenance. The BPCL refinery is crucial to the supply of oil products such as petrol, diesel and LPG […]
Praj Industries said it had entered into agreements with Indian Oil Corporation and Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd to set up bio-ethanol plants that will convert agricultural waste into fuel. A total of three plants will be construct — two for IOCL and the remaining one for BPCL. The company said it signed a binding agreement […]
Indian government approved the acquisition of stakes in two Russian oil fields for US $3.2 billion. A consortium of Oil India Limited, Indian Oil Corporation Limited and Bharat Petro Resources Limited (BPRL) will acquire 23.9 percent stake in JSC Vankorneft and 29.9 percent stake in LLC Taas-Yuryakh from Rosneft Oil Company, the National Oil Company […]
