Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur appearing in The Hindu dated 19.05.2025". The application is registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled 2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit …
The 2012 World’s Worst Pollution Problems report sets out to quantify the human health impacts from major sources of hazardous pollution in low to middle-income countries. In particular the focus is on sites in the developing world where toxic pollution has occurred because of industrial activity. This evaluation of industries …
The Supreme Court has issued notice to Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) while admitting an appeal of GAIL (India) Limited challenging the award of Rs 7,000-crore Mallavaram-Bhilwara-Vijaipur gas pipeline project to a consortium led by state-run Gujarat State Petronet Limited (GSPL). A bench headed by Justice TS Thakur …
New Delhi Reliance is expected to source ultra heavy crude from the Orinoco oil belt The country’s largest private oil and gas explorer, Reliance Industries, signed a 15-year oil supply contract with Venezuela’s state oil company, PDVSA, in Caracas on Tuesday. Venezuela’s Orinoco oil belt is expected to supply up …
China's Sinopec Group, the parent of Sinopec Corp, has ordered the closure of three plants, including two refineries in the southern province of Guangdong, for environmental checks, the company said in a statement. The two refineries are Sinopec Guangzhou Petrochemical Corp and Sinopec Dongxing refinery, with a combined crude processing …
State-run oil marketer Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL), which is setting up its first propylene unit in Kochi, said it was ready to offer 51 per cent stake in the Rs 6,000-crore project to its Korean joint venture partner LG Chemicals. ‘We have already inked an MoU (memorandum of understanding) with …
‘Cairn’s drive may increase India’s oil output by 3.1%’ Mumbai Cairn India’s plans for enhancing oil production from its Rajasthan block is likely to drive the domestic crude oil production by 3.1% in FY13, a Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) survey has said. “The domestic crude oil production is …
The finance ministry is considering whether it can lower the excise duty The government would take a hit of about Rs 6,000 crore this year if it rolls back the excise duty of Rs 1.5 per litre on diesel it levied last week. Under pressure from the Trinamool Congress, the …
Oil and gas exploration companies like British Gas and Essar Energy want clarity on pricing and gradual linkage to international price for making shale gas investments. After Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL)’s experience with the D6 gas allocation, some also suggested the government should not have an allocation policy for shale …
Public sector Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) is looking at reviving its plan to set up a greenfield refinery plant in Visakhapatnam. The company already operates an 8.3-million tonne (mtpa) capacity refinery at the port city. The plan remained only on paper after HPCL was allotted 1,500 acre land five …
Uncertain policy framework, scarcity of cheap domestic gas hit govt plan to expand network to 200 cities SHREYA JAI & MITUL THAKKAR NEW DELHI/AHMEDABAD The government’s ambitious plan to expand gas distribution networks to 200 cities by 2015 is facing hurdles of uncertain policy framework and lack of cheap domestic …
Italian oil firm Eni said on Saturday an oil spill near its facilities in the Niger Delta had been contained, but local people said the pollution had spread and damaged their fishing. Eni said the spill occurred last week about 10 km (six miles) from the Obama flowstation in Bayelsa …
Total Petrochemicals & Refining USA reported pollution in excess of permitted levels from a coking unit at the company's 225,500-barrels-per-day Port Arthur, Texas refinery on Friday, a notice the plant filed with regulators showed. The excess emissions resulted from a malfunction on wet gas compressors, according to the filing. The …
Kochi The Kerala government on Friday wrapped up a MoU with Bharat Petroleum for a slew of petroleum and gas projects totalling an investment to the tune of Rs.20,000 crore. Chief minister Oommen Chandy signed the pact with BPCL chairman RK Singh on the final day of the three-day Emerging …
When it comes to the cap on the consumption of subsidised domestic LPG cylinders, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), it appears, has two sets of rules — one for the common man, and one for those holding Constitutional posts. While approving the cap on LPG cylinders to six …
Each discovery in oil block to be treated as separate cost centre, if proposal gets nod In a major revamp of oil and gas exploration, the government is likely to notify a policy disallowing companies from deducting as expenses all exploration costs in areas where earlier discoveries are under development …
The Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (ATE) on Wednesday issued notices to the three PSU oil marketing companies IndianOil (IOC), Hindustan Petroleum (HPCL) and Bharat Petroleum (BPCL) on petitions filed by Reliance Industries, Essar Oil and Shell. The three companies have challenged the dismissal of their plea by sector regulator Petroleum …
Experts feel common infrastructure practical solution as defence min forbids construction of permanent structures RAJEEV JAYASWAL NEW DELHI ONGC and Reliance Industries (RIL) may use surplus infrastructure at the KG-D6 block for their deepwater discoveries in nearby blocks as the defence ministry has forbidden construction of permanent structures in the …
Euphoria Fades Over India’s ‘Gulf Of Mexico’ As Output Falls At RIL’s Finds | ONGC, GSPC Yet To Begin Production Mumbai: In 2005, while addressing students at IIM-Ahmedabad, Reliance Industries (RIL) chairman Mukesh Ambani compared India’s east coast to the Gulf of Mexico. Gas discoveries by RIL, ONGC and GSPC …
The Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas, S. Jaipal Reddy, has ruled out an immediate hike in fuel prices now. An official statement issued here said that the Minister said this at the sidelines of a function. Thus, putting to rest speculations of a revision tonight. The Minister, however, added …
New Delhi Consumers may have to brace for steep hikes in the prices of petroleum products such as diesel, kerosene, cooking gas and petrol after Parliament’s monsoon session ends on September 7. Sources say the petroleum ministry has moved a Cabinet note proposing a hike of R5 per litre in …
