A tanker carrying (Liquid Petroleum Gas) LPG fell into a 25 feet deep ditch on Saturday night near Jamsoti Nala of Koderma Valley situated on Koderma-Patna route leading to hours long traffic jam on a stretch of around 40 kms. Vehicular movement was prohibited on this road connecting two Capital cities Patna and Ranchi after […]
Category: Oil & Gas
Reliance’s refinery complexity index rises to 21.1 pc
The complexity of Reliance Industries’ giant refinery complex at Jamnagar has risen by over 66 per cent to 21.1, giving it the ability to process a wide basket of crude oil and boosting its margins. The company in its latest annual report said the Jamnagar supersite ranks first in the world in complexity barrels, aided […]
Archer Deepika Kumari resigns from Tata Steel, to join BPCL
Padma Shri ace archer Deepika Kumari has resigned from Tata Steel ending her association with the company from 11 years. Deepika, the only Indian woman in the list of top ten world archers, will now join Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) at Pune from August this year. Interacting with media at JRD Tata sports complex […]
Iran seizes UAE tanker for oil smuggling
Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard forces seized a foreign oil tanker accused of smuggling oil, Iran’s state TV reported on Thursday. The vessel appears to be a United Arab Emirates-based tanker that had disappeared off trackers in Iranian territorial waters over the weekend. The seizure was the latest in a series of dramatic developments as tensions […]
Huge investment opportunities exists in India in several sectors: Goyal
Huge investment opportunities exist in India in sectors like housing, smart cities, railway stations, gas and telecom grids for UK companies, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has said. He was addressing India Day Conclave in London on Tuesday, a release said. “India is looking at huge investments in the areas of housing, smart cities, […]
Govt encouraging setting up of biogas plants under NGGB
Under ‘Suraji Gaon’ scheme Narva, Garva, Ghurva and Badi (NGGB) state government is promoting establishment of biogas units all over the state. Chhattisgarh Renewable Energy Development Authority (CREDA) working on the mission has taken up the target of establishing 5130 biogas units in Dhamtari districts. Thirty eight among them in earmarked villages have been already […]
2 held for giving fake petrol pump dealership
The Cyber Crime cell of Madhya Pradesh police has busted an interstate gang of fraudsters which uses fake websites to dupe victims across the country and nabbed two members of the gang from Delhi and Mumbai; most of the victims were trapped in the name of providing petrol pump dealership. The gang operated from Bihar […]
Govt mulling splitting GAIL; to sell pipeline business
The government is considering to split state-run gas utility GAIL (India) Ltd by hiving off its pipeline business into a separate entity and selling it off to strategic investors, sources privy to the development said. GAIL is India’s biggest natural gas marketing and trading firm and owns more than two-thirds of the country’s 16,234-km pipeline […]
Mahila Cong pickets BJP office against petrol price hike
Delhi Mahila Congress held a demonstration outside the BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) office to protest against the increased central excise duty and cess on petrol and diesel, resulting in ‘back-breaking hike’ in the cost of petrol and diesel in the national Capital. Thousands of women party workers of the Delhi Pradesh Mahila Congress (DPMC) participated […]
UK says seized Iranian oil tanker could be released
Britain will facilitate the release of a seized Iranian tanker if Iran can provide guarantees the vessel would not breach European sanctions on oil shipments to Syria, Britain’s top diplomat said, as European nations called for new talks to ease tensions in the Persian Gulf. The comments by Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt late Saturday could […]
Govt wants ONGC to sell golf course in Ahmedabad that has oil wells
The Government wants Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) to sell its golf courses in Ahmedabad and Vadodara in Gujarat, sending the company into a tizzy as one of them has two producing oil wells, sources said. The Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) has deemed golf courses and sports clubs owned by […]
AGCL, OIL, GGL sign agreement for setting up of new CGD company in Assam
Assam Gas Company Limited (AGCL), Oil India Limited (OIL) and GAIL Gas Limited (GGL) signed an agreement on Thursday for incorporating a new company for implementation of the City Gas Distribution (CGD) network in five districts of Assam. The agreement was signed by AGCL’s managing director A K Sharma, OIL’s executive director (Business Development) S […]