India’s Chennai Petroleum will stop processing Iranian crude oil from October to keep its insurance coverage once new sanctions by the United States against Iran go into effect, three sources familiar with the issue said. Iran’s Naftiran Intertrade Co Ltd, a trading arm for state-owned National Iranian Oil Co, owns a 15.4 percent stake in […]
Day: September 20, 2018
Jet Airways passengers recount terrifying experience
Mumbai-based professional Prashant Sharma had never realised flying could be “so terrifying” until his Thursday morning flight to Jaipur. There were screaming and cries and many of his co-passengers suffered nose and ear bleeding as the crew of the Jet Airways flight “forgot” to turn on a switch that controls cabin air pressure. According to […]
EPCA directs IGL to increase dispensing capacity
Taking note of long queues at gas stations leading to traffic woes, the Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) has directed the Indraprastha Gas Limited to increase dispensing capacity of CNG. Sunita Narain, member of EPCA, confirmed that a direction has been given to IGL to increase dispensing capacity. At present, there are 450 CNG-filling stations […]
Coal India supplies 30% more coal to Tamil Nadu for meeting demand
Coal India has decided to supply 16 goods train full of coal to Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation every day as demand for power in the state has increased. Sixteen rakes would send around 6.1 lakh tonnes of coal per day, of which 4.95 lakh tonnes would be supplied by Coal India subsidiary Mahanadi […]
MSEDCL plans to set up 500 electric vehicle charging stations
State-run power utility MSEDCL plans to set up 500 electric vehicle charging stations across Maharashtra to encourage use of green energy by automobiles, an official said Thursday. In the first phase of the project, 50 such stations will soon come up in Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Panvel (four each) Thane (six), Pune, Nagpur (10 each) and […]
Primary aluminium producers are facing severe coal crisis: AAI
A sharp fall in availability of coal has left aluminium producers having captive plants with no option but to import the dry fuel, thereby sharply increasing the cost of production, an industry body has said. “Primary aluminium producers are facing severe coal crisis. There is a severe fall in coal supply. Sufficient amount of coal […]