Ashok Leyland gets BSVI certifications for its heavy trucks

Ashok Leyland, flagship of the Hinduja Group, said it has received BS-VI emission norm certificates for all its heavy duty truck, ahead of the April 1 deadline for the switch over to the new fuel and emission standard. All of the company’s trucks with a rating of 16.2 tons or above have received certificates from […]

With HPCL under its belt, ONGC to come out with new roadmap

ONGC Ltd will redraw its long-term roadmap in coming days to bring it in line with the changed operating realities of the company, the state-owned company’s chairman and managing director Shashi Shanker said. The company’s current vision document, known as Perspective Plan 2030, was drawn up seven years ago and laid out the company’s long […]

GAIL orders supplies for gas line to North East, JHBD I to be complete in 2 months

GAIL India, the country’s largest pipeline operator, said it has placed an order worth Rs 1,100 cr to buy pipeline required to connect the North Eastern states to the ambitious  Jagadishpur— Haldia—Bokaro-Dhamra project. The Jagadishpur—Haldia—Bokaro-Dhamra project runs through three states — Jharkhand, Odisha and West Bengal, and is meant to connect these eastern states to the […]

Indian MPs question govt over stopping crude oil imports from Iran

Government of India has faced questions from members of parliament on reports that it has asked state-owned refiners to get ready to stop importing crude oil from Iran in the face of pressure from the United States. A question from Lok Sabha MPs Supriya Sule and Mullappally Ramachandran sought to know “whether the Government has […]

L&T wins deal to make 7 furnaces for HPCL-Mittal Bathinda refinery

Larsen & Toubro, India’s largest construction firm, said it has won what it called a “significant” order from HPCL- Mittal Energy to construct seven cracker furnaces at the Bathinda Refinery in Punjab. The seven furnaces are of “1200 KTPA Dual Feed Cracker Unit” and is a part of the Guru Gobind Singh Polymer Addition Project. […]

India hedges energy bets: Starts LNG supply from Russia

Within weeks of starting the first ever long-term LNG supply from the US, India opened up yet another source of natural gas with the arrival of the first LNG shipment from Russia. Russia is currently, world’s largest crude oil & second largest gas producer in the world. While, lndia is world’s 3rd largest energy consumer […]

US starts shipping LNG to India, first GAIL ship sets sail from Louisiana

More than six years after an agreement was signed, US-based Cheniere Energy has started supplying liquefied natural gas or LNG to India. The first ship, Meridian Spirit, set sail from Louisiana and will reach Dabhol in Maharashtra by around 28 March, said GAIL, which is India’s largest gas supplier. Under the terms of the supply […]

Petrol, LPG consumption up 10% in India; diesel, kerosene sees sluggishness

The pace of growth in petroleum consumption slowed this year, but private retailers are getting ready to open more and more outlets, Fitch Ratings said. Consumption of petroleum products, such as diesel, petrol, LPG and kerosene, has been increasing at a rate of about 5% in India over the last three years, Fitch said. However, […]

India Oil, BPCL, HPCL merger will reduce wastage of resources- Fitch

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 […]

IGL to set up city gas network in Rewari, Haryana

Indraprastha Gas, the supplier of CNG and PNG in Delhi, has been authorized to construct the City Gas Distribution (CGD) network in Rewari in Haryana. Addressing the shareholders, Mr. Ravindran also gave an overview of future plans of the organization involving consolidation of its presence in existing areas as well as expansion in new geographies […]

MRPL denies allegations of tax evasion

Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited, an oil refinery and subsidiary of ONGC, denied allegations that it has not been paying due excise duty. Media reports carried allegations that the company was not paying due excise duty on its production of Mixed Xylene, a raw material used in a variety of manufacturing industries, quoting tax officials. […]

India allows free pricing of natural gas for new projects

Giving in to a long-standing demand, the Indian government has allowed new gas producers to enter into negotiated pricing deals with their customers subject to certain ceiling tariff. At present, gas prices are fixed by the government through a formula. The policy guidelines would be applicable to future discoveries as well as existing discoveries which […]

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