Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
About a dozen villages in Dabwalitehsil of Sirsa district have threatened to launch an agitation against the pollution caused by Guru Gobind Singh Refinery, which is located in neighbouringKanakwal village of Bathinda district of Punjab. The oil refinery is run by HMEL (a joint venture of the Hindustan Petroleum Corporation …
The HPCL-Rajasthan Refinery Limited, a joint venture company formed on Thursday, will be the most advanced refinery in the country. Hindustan Petroleum Corporation is aiming to complete the project by the end of 2017, with the foundation stone-laying ceremony likely to take place in August/September. UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi is …
Expansion of Visakh Refinery, setting up of Greenfield refinery near Visakhapatnam on the agenda State-owned Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited is keen on expediting the process for its Rs.60,000-crore investment plan for expansion of Visakh Refinery and setting up of a Greenfield refinery near the city. In a recent interview, HPCL …
Union environment and forests minister Jayanthi Natarajan on Thursday called for setting up a corpus fund to help quick response to oil spills in the sea and protecting India's fragile coastal eco-system. In the recent past, there have been frequent incidents of leakages of crude from broken ships or from …
Visakhapatnam: The industrial units and PSUs that are partners of Green Visakha Project were asked to shoulder trusted responsibility in making the Project a realistic and noble activity. Addressing the representatives of the industries, at the review meeting on implementation of the project, on Wednesday, Vuda vice-chairman as well as …
State-run Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) has said it might set up the proposed Rs 37,229-crore greenfield refinery-cum-petrochemical complex at Barmer in Rajasthan, not in Lilala, as planned earlier. "We were facing some land-related issues. Now, the local government has come out with an alternative location nearby. We are looking …
State-owned oil and gas firm Hindustan Petroleum (HPCL) has teamed up with gas company GAIL to revive an ambitious . 32,000-crore petrochemicals project in Andhra Pradesh. The Petroleum, Chemicals and Petrochemicals Investment Region (PCPIR) project in Andhra could not take off for over six years as both the anchor clients—HPCL …
The Barmer refinery-cum-petrochemical complex is likely to be relocated to Pachparda tehsil following protest by farmers at Leelala over compensation. In the task force's meeting on Monday, it was decided to look for another location and expedite the construction work. A team of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) officials will …
State govt assures the court it will compensate the loss to the oil companies The Kerala high court on Thursday directed public sector oil companies -- Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) -- to supply diesel to the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) at subsidised …
The company will on March 13 sign a MoU with the Rajasthan government for setting up the refinery-cum-petrochemical complex State-owned Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL) plans to invest Rs 37,000 crore in setting up a nine million tonne oil refinery and a petrochemical complex at Barmer in Rajasthan. The company …
JAIPUR: In what will be the biggest ever investment in the state, the board members of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) approved the Rajasthan government's proposal to set up the 19th oil refinery of the country in Barmer. "The memorandum of understanding (MoU) to set up the refinery at Barmer …
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) is issuing a notice to three state-owned oil marketing companies (OMCs) on a probe on whether they form a cartel to fix petrol prices. The commission is also looking at the coal and fertiliser sectors, where government-owned companies dominate the market. “Law does not …
Despite the uncertainty surrounding re-insurance for oil refineries over crude oil import from Iran, companies here are not perturbed yet about the United States’ sanctions in this regard. They said they believe the government would come out with a solution by June. Hit largely by the sanctions are the country’s …
Indian Oil Corporation review meeting later this week The next phase of rise in diesel prices seems, unlike earlier, to be a non-combined exercise from the three government oil marketing companies ( OMCs). On January 17, the government allowed Indian Oil Corporation ( IOC), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPC) and Bharat …
Kolkata/Ranchi: Coal India (CIL) is foraying into the solar power sector with a view to make use of its whopping cash reserve of above R60,000 crore in a meaningful way. CIL chairman and managing director S Narsing Rao told FE there are business opportunities in the solar power sector and …
The government will pay Rs 25,000 crore additional cash subsidy to state-owned fuel retailers to make up for part of the revenue they lost on selling auto and cooking fuel below cost this fiscal. The Finance Ministry on February 7 issued a "comfort letter" to Indian Oil Corp (IOC), Bharat …
New Delhi: Fearing oil refineries will be hit hard by the Finance Ministry's move to change the way petrol and diesel are priced, Oil Minister M Veerappa Moily has asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to constitute an expert committee to decide on the issue. The Finance Ministry has informed the …
With an eye on bigger imports, the oil marketing firm may get its French partner Total to set it up State-run oil marketing firm Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL) is planning to invest Rs 600-700 crore to set up its second underground liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) storage facility in Mangalore. …
The government’s decision to cap the number of subsidised LPG (liquefied natural gas) cylinders seems to have brought cheer to oil companies as their auto gas segment has registered significant growth since last September. IndianOil Corp Ltd, for instance, saw a growth of around 22 per cent in volumes and …
Their first target could be bulk buyers but state-owned companies are well-entrenched in that market At 65 million tonnes per annum, diesel accounts for nearly 40 per cent of all petroleum products sold in the country. Not surprisingly, it is a huge opportunity for private oil marketing companies. Now that …
