New Delhi: The Auto LPG industry has sought alignment of India’s type-approval norms for retro-fitment of LPG/CNG kits in automobiles with European standards, saying the prevalent norms were a major impediment to clean air goal. India Auto LPG Coalition, the apex body of autogas sellers in India, has written to Dinesh Tyagi, Director International Centre…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate to the nation three key petroleum projects sector in Bihar on September 13, via video conferencing. The projects include the Durgapur-Banka section of the Paradip-Haldia-Durgapur Pipeline augmentation project and two LPG bottling plants. They have been commissioned by IndianOil and HPCL, PSUs under the aegis of the Ministry of…
In a yet another push to attract investments and to give an advantage to domestic manufacturing, department of chemicals and petrochemicals (DCPC), under the aegis of ministry of chemicals and fertilizers on Friday has circulated a draft cabinet note to incentivise investments made in petroleum, chemical and petrochemical investment region (PCPIR). Sources privy to the…
Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Steel Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday dedicated 56 CNG stations to the nation. These CNG stations are in 13 states and one UT-Chandigarh, Bihar, Gujarat, Haryana, Jharkhand, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, and Andhra Pradesh, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas in…
Fuel demand had slumped by a record 48.6 per cent in April to 9.4 million tonnes as the government imposed a nationwide lockdown in an attempt to curb the spread of coronavirus. The decline in August was the sixth consecutive year-on-year slide. India’s fuel demand in August posted its biggest decline since April as local…
While inaugurating 56 CNG stations today, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said India is moving towards becoming a gas-based economy. The newly commissioned CNG stations are spread across Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chandigarh (UT), Gujarat, Haryana, Jharkhand, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and West Bengal. They belong to different public and private city…
01 Sept. 2020-IMPHAL, Aug 31: As many as 6 lakh consumers have been deprived of LPG cylinders as transporters’ strike enters 4th day, said IndianOil today. Appealing to the LPG transporters to call off their strike, the IndianOil, in a statement, asserted that the “unjustified” agitation by the transporters since August 27 has put its…
01 Sept. 2020-India’s target to gasify 100 million tonnes of coal by 2030 will entail an investment of over Rs 4 lakh crore, Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi said on Monday.Coal gasification is the process of producing syngas — a mixture consisting mainly of carbon monoxide, hydrogen, carbon dioxide, natural gas and water vapour — from…
01 Sept. 2020-New Delhi: Shri Tarun Kapoor, Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Government of India took a site review of the SV 4 Natural Gas Terminal at Sultanpur, Haryana. He was briefed on the operations by Shri Manoj Jain, CMD GAIL. GAIL stands committed towards furthering the gas-pipeline network across the country. CMD,GAIL…
01 Sept. 2020-Bhubaneswar: The Gopalpur Port Limited (GPL) in Odisha has planned to set up a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal and an investment of Rs 2,000 crore for setting up fertilizer and petrochemical industries, an official said on Monday. Similarly, an edible oil refinery is also on cards, the official said.Recently, GPL Managing Director…
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