India saved Rs 5,000 crore by filling strategic reserves with low-priced oil: Dharmendra Pradhan

NEW DELHI: India saved over Rs 5,000 crore when the country in April-May used two-decade low international oil prices to fill up its three strategic underground crude oil storages, Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Monday.India, the world’s third-biggest oil importer, has built strategic storages in underground rock caverns at three places to meet any…

IOC bets big on petrochemicals, forward integration into textile biz

New Delhi: Country’s largest oil marketing company Indian Oil Corporation proposes to leverage its growing petrochemical operations to expand textile business as it looks to diversify operations and offset risks associated with oil operations. At a recent Asia Pacific oil summit IOC chairman S.M. Vaidya reportedly said that petrochemical expansion is being targeted by the…

PSU oil retailers are not offering home delivery of petrol, CNG, says Oil Minister Pradhan

This was stated by Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha on Monday.Pradhan said that Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) and Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) have informed that home delivery of diesel is not offered by them either. But, door-to-door…

Turkmenistan to begin TAPI gas pipeline construction

ISLAMABAD: Turkmenistan on Friday announced that it intended to start building a gas pipeline from the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan border to the Herat offtake point in Afghanistan. Turkmenistan also assured Pakistan of addressing its concerns over different issues pertaining to the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project. Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Petroleum Nadeem Babar led a…