Order of the High Court of Rajasthan in the matter of Deepak Acharya Vs Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited dated 05/03/2025. The Rajasthan High Court has admitted a petition challenging installation of a Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) petrol pump near a crematorium and high-tension line. The NOCs to establish the …
the Union government's much-delayed plan to introduce ethanol-blended petrol is finally being implemented. Field trials will soon begin at Miraj in Maharashtra and at Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh. "The trials will determine whether the five per cent ethanol additive to petrol can be introduced nationwide,' said Union petroleum minister Ram …
hailed as a "bold' step to create the right environment for economic reforms, the Union Budget, presented by Union finance minister Yashwant Sinha on February 28, totally ignores the real environment. Rather, it creates an atmosphere to pollute the environment in more ways than one. At a time when there …
VARIOUS STANDARDS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR PETROL What the Indian government recommends for 2005 Europe has bettered in 2000 PARAMETERS SPECIFICATIONS India 20001 Mukhapadhyay committee 20052 Europe 20003 Europe 20053 USA RFG-34 Sulphur (per cent by weight) 0.015 0.1-0.05 0.03 0.005 0.002 Aromatics (per cent by volume) No limit 45 42 …
the oil industry held its annual jamboree, Petrotech in January 2001, in New Delhi. The conference focussed on the technology used for refining fuel. Little time was spent discussing the role of fuel quality in reducing emissions. Immediately after, a workshop on
The Mexican government is replacing methyl tertiery butyl ether (MTBE), an additive that increases the oxygen content of fuel, with ethanol, which is made from sugarcane. This is because MTBE has been known to contaminate groundwater and has been banned in the US. The government announced this decision after traces …
Analysis of fuel duty rates in Europe shows that pressure is increasing to co-relate the fuel duties with the GDP of the respective countries. Both the wealthier nations and poorer ones still should consider raising taxes to relate better to their GDP. Ratio of per capita GDP and the fuel …
It was long overdue. But when it did come, it was a disappointment. From November 3, fuel pumps in Delhi started supplying petrol with low benzene content
while Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether ( mtbe) - a harmful blending stock used as a mix with unleaded petrol to increase oxygen content in petrol for cleaner burning - has been dumped in the us where it has caused serious problems of groundwater contamination, the Union ministry of environment and …
on may 10, the Supreme Court announced a clear schedule for supply of cleaner petrol and diesel to the capital. The apex court has directed the ministry of petroleum and natural gas ( mpng ) to supply petrol with 0.05 per cent sulphur to the entire National Capital Region ( …
this is yet another story about the slip between the cup and the lip. And the ultimate sufferers in this case are the residents of Delhi, who are left choking with polluted air and a hazy future. It all started in 1998, when the Environment Pollution Prevention and Control Authority …
Although marginal, the recent hike in prices of diesel and petrol with low sulphur content may defeat the very purpose of promoting cleaner fuels. While the price of petrol with 0.05 per cent sulphur has been hiked by 13 paise per litre, diesel with the same sulphur content will cost …
The manner in which low sulphur petrol and low sulphur diesel, have been introduced in Delhi to fulfil the requirements of a Supreme Court order, aimed at bringing down air pollution in Delhi, is threatening to derail the spirit of that very order. This cleaner petrol and diesel, containing 0.05 …
us efforts to come up with new ways to test and produce ultra clean fuels and pollution control devices for road vehicles has received a boost in the form of additional funds. The department of energy is to spend us $75 million to make sure new fuel processing technologies perform …
In a bid to clean up the heavily-polluted air in the capital city of Manila, the department of energy and 21 oil companies have recently signed an agreement to phase out the use of leaded petrol in the capital. The phase-out will come into effect from April 1. This date …
As part of its efforts to check the growing pollution, the government has made lead-free petrol available throughout the country. Petroleum minister Ram Naik gave this information while addressing the valedictory function of Oil Conservation Fortnight 2000 recently. The minister said the government was also planning to introduce 0.05 per …
italy, Spain and Greece have to enact new laws banning the sale of unleaded petrol by January 1, 2002, two years later than the rest of the European Union ( eu ), the European Commission announced recently. Portugal will have until January 1, 2001 to meet new lower sulphur limits …
The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has notified the emission standards for small size/portable gensets of 19 kilowatt, which are largely operated by spark ignition engines run on petrol and kerosene. The first phase of these standards will come into effect from June 1, 2000 in Delhi. The second phase …
