New Delhi: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi today interacted with CEOs of leading oil & gas companies in the annual event organized by NITI Aayog and Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.   During the interaction, Prime Minister highlighted that energy is at the centre of human development, which is why conversations around…

In a big reform initiative, the government on Wednesday decided to put domestically produced gas under a standard price discovery mechanism to help scale up local production from fields of ONGC, OIL, Reliance and Vedanta and help create a uniform gas market. Accordingly, the Union Cabinet approved a standard e-bidding procedure for market-based price discovery…

State-run Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) is planning to launch first-of-its-kind aluminium-air batteries that are potentially a more cost-effective alternative to lithium-ion batteries for use in electric vehicles (EV) and stationary applications. The idea is to manufacture these barriers in sites closer to demand centres such as Chennai or Pune. IOC bought a minority stake in…

New Delhi: The business environment for City Gas Distribution (CGD) companies in India is at its best currently with the government and the regulator pushing for creation of supporting infrastructure and market reforms, D K Sarraf, Chairperson of downstream Oil & Gas regulator Petroleum & Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) has said. “The business has…

New Delhi: The government may give a ‘Make in India’ push to oil and gas explorers, as it is considering a proposal to halve cess on domestic crude oil to encourage exploration activity and allow Covid-hit oil producers to protect their margins at a time when a glut in the market and suppressed demand is…

Washington: Strategic Energy Partnership has emerged as a cornerstone of expanding the US-India ties as the bilateral hydrocarbon trade has increased by 93 per cent in the last two years, a top official has said. India’s Ambassador to the US Taranjit Singh Sandhu, in an op-ed in The Houston Chronicle, wrote that numbers speak for…

AURANGABAD : A top sugar federation in Maharashtra is encouraging factories to cut down on production of the sweetener in view of its surplus stock and instead focus on ethanol production.This will also help sugar factories in overcoming their losses, Maharashtra State Co-operative Sugar Factories Federation Chairman Jayprakash Dandegaonkar told PTI. The country produces about…

Union cabinet minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday recommended a proposal under which identified tourist sites or iconic spots will be turned into green zones where vehicles using only eco-friendly fuel will be allowed to ply. He said the proposed project will be the joint effort of the ministry of tourism and the ministry of petroleum…

NEW DELHI: State-owned Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd (BPCL NSE -0.40 %) has been forced to pay for its defaulting partner Videocon NSE -4.35 % Industries Ltd after it had relied on a rarely used model to acquire stake in five oil blocks in Brazil, sources said. In September 2008, BPCL and Videocon Industries had formed…

The Road Transport and Highways Ministry has notified regulations for various alternative fuels to further promote sustainable transportation, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Sunday.It is a step toward an alternative clean fuel for transportation, said Gadkari. The Road Transport and Highways Ministry has notified regulations for various alternative fuels to further promote sustainable transportation,…