(ET) ONGC-owned state-run oil marketer Hindustan Petroleum ( HPCL) will award the licensor agreements this week to10 of the 12 vendors it needs for the upcoming Rs 43,130-crore project Barmerrefinery in Rajasthan. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had laid the foundation stone for the 9-million tonne or 1.8 lakh bpd greenfield refinery at Pachpadra village in Barmer district of Rajasthan being set up in a 75:25 joint venture with the state administration. It is slated to be completed by end-2020. The foundation stone for the project was first laid in September 2013 by the then president of ruling Congress Sonia Gandhi. But the project remained a non-starter as the state, which voted in a BJP government, reworked the project and changed incentive structure including an interest-free loan of…
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(LiveMint) Defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday met Jammu and Kashmir governor Satya Pal Malik in Srinagar to discuss the security situation in the state, as the centre prepares to hold municipal and village local body elections. Accompanied by Indian Army chief general Bipin Rawat, Sitharaman was on a day-long visit to the state, which has been under governor’s rule since June, when the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) decided to exit the coalition government with the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). J&K municipal elections are slated be held across four phases between 1 and 5 October, while the panchayat polls will take…
(Tribune) Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat said Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt has offered to lead an anti-drug campaign to be launched by six northern states affected by the menace. The noted actor expressed his desire to become the brand ambassador for the campaign when Rawat was in Mumbai recently to invite entrepreneurs to invest in the state. “I had a telephonic talk with Sanjay Dutt who was shooting somewhere. He said he had himself suffered much due to drug addiction early in his career and would like to contribute to the campaign against it as its brand ambassador,” Rawat said. Six…
(TNIE) Keeping an eye on 2019 elections, the Centre has launched an aggressive campaign to publicise the Narendra Modi Government’s flagship Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY). As part of the campaign, Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday flagged off mobile LED vans from Indian Oil Corporation’s office here. “These mobile LED vans will move into the interiors of Odisha to create awareness on PMUY and safe practices of usage of LPG in a unique way,” Pradhan said. He said the specially designed vehicles will work as a mobile theatre. These mobile LED vans will spread awareness…
(LiveMint) State-run oil marketing company Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd (HPCL) is planning to build an underground liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) storage facility in Mangaluru, said a top company executive. “We are reviewing the proposal and seriously thinking of setting up a facility. An announcement will be made soon,” said M.K. Surana, chairman and managing director at HPCL. It may set up the facility with France’s Total SA, or may venture alone, added Surana. The cavern, will be second such facility in India, to be set up at about ₹ 1,000 crore. Total SA and HPCL both have an LPG import…
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(DC) Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan reacted on fuel price hike. He said that OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) didn’t increase 1 million barrel fuel as promised. The Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister also blamed international factors such as the United States sanctions against the Gulf country. He also targeted Congress party for attacking Centre on fuel price hike and said that Congress during its tenure has lest huge debt on the country. In international market dollar is dominating other currencies and Indian currency is also dealing with the impact, he said.
(LiveMint) India’s top state-run fuel retailers are collaborating and often investing in startups to solve several vexing issues facing the companies. For Indian Oil Corp. Ltd, corrosion of its pipelines has been an enduring problem. The country’s largest fuel retailer spends ₹ 70,000 per kilometre annually to maintain its pipeline and with the task of monitoring a 13,000km-long network, the cost of keeping the pipeline network healthy is mammoth. That cost is expected to fall, thanks to a startup funded by state-run Indian Oil. “We have a startup which claims it can develop a novel material composition which when applied on…
ONGC sportspersons, both on roll and scholarship have displayed an outstanding performance by bagging 15 medals including 3 Gold , 7 silver and 5 Bronze at the recently concluded Asian Games 2018 in Jakarta. This is the largest contribution by any corporate to the overall Indian medal tally of 69 at Asiad 2018 and also the highest number of medals won by ONGCians in Asian Games edition since 2006. Sharing his immense happiness on this achievement, Mr Shashi Shanker, CMD, ONGC said “Sports is an important indicator of a nation’s growth and development. ONGC, as a responsible corporate citizen has always been committed…
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Shri Yogi Adityanath inaugurated a large shelter home named Krishna Kutir yesterday to accommodate 1,000 widows at the holy town of Vrindavan in Mathura district of UP. Among others present on the occasion were Union Minister for Women and Child Development, Smt Maneka Sanjay Gandhi; Uttar Pradesh Minister for Women Welfare, Prof Reeta Bahuguna Joshi; Union Minister of State for Women Welfare, Smt Swati Singh; Member of Parliament from Mathura, Smt Hema Malini; and Member of Legislative Assembly from Govardhan Thakur Karinda Singh. Built by state-owned Navratna public sector undertaking NBCC (India) Limited in collaboration with Ministry…