Petrol

Order of the High Court of Rajasthan regarding installation of a petrol pump near a crematorium and high-tension line, 05/03/2025

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 …

India to export fuel to Pakistan

India plans to export petrol and diesel to Pakistan to help meet its energy needs and to open up a new market for Indian refiners, such as giant Reliance Industries, a report said on Monday.

Oil cos may raise petrol prices by 3

IOC Chief Hints At A Hike | Announcement May Come After State Polls New Delhi: State-run oil firms are expected to raise prices of petrol shortly, possibly after May 10 when the state polls end. An indication of an imminent price revision came on Monday from Ranbir Singh Butola, chairman …

India willing to export petrol, diesel to Pakistan

Commerce Secretary-level talks to start in Islamabad on April 27 In the run-up to the Commerce Secretary-level talks commencing in Islamabad on April 27, India on Monday expressed its willingness to export petrol and diesel to Pakistan provided the neighbouring country lifts ban on import of petroleum products from across …

IOC may Raise Petrol Prices Soon

State-owned Indian Oil Corporation, the country

Petrol Freed, Whyre Prices Constant: CAG

RAJEEV JAYASWAL & ANINDYA UPADHYAY NEW DELHI India's top auditor will investigate why state oil companies are selling petrol, a deregulated fuel, below market rates allegedly because raising prices may hurt the ruling party in the on-going assembly elections, official sources said. State retailers Hindustan Petroleum Corp, Indian Oil Corp …

Blue petrol: Algae mixed with CO2 fuel of future?

Experts Put On Fast Track Way To Make Fossil Fuel Alicante (Spain): In a forest of tubes eight metres high in eastern Spain scientists hope they have foundthefuelof tomorrow:bio-oil produced with algae mixed with carbon dioxide from a factory. Almost 400 of the green tubes, filledwith millionsof microscopic algae, cover …

Think differently, Mr Finance Minister

As I write this piece, the finance minister has dispatched the Union Budget 2011. The press is busy reflecting the views of business and industry lobbies, as they quibble over duty exemptions, insist on financial stimulus and other incentives, and cry for big-ticket reform—foreign direct investment in retail and insurance. …

Contamination of wells: Fuel tanks ordered to be shut down

Deputy Collector, Margao Johnson Fernandes on Monday directed the owners of two petrol pumps to shut down the fuel tanks in a bid to check any seepage, even as panel of experts got down the business of ascertain the exact cause of contamination of Comba wells by an oily substance. …

Remove the perverse incentive

Pre-budget discussions on misuse of subsidised diesel in cars has hit a crescendo. Public angst has already brought this to a boil. Political ire is also sharper this year, with Union environment minister Jairam Ramesh condemning the use of subsidised diesel in luxury SUVs as “criminal”. Will the Union Budget …

Remove the perverse incentive

Pre-budget discussions on misuse of subsidised diesel in cars has hit a crescendo. Public angst has already brought this to a boil. Political ire is also sharper this year, with Union environment minister Jairam Ramesh condemning the use of subsidised diesel in luxury SUVs as “criminal”. Will the Union Budget …

Petroleum lobby blocking biofuel, says Gadkari

Urging the Centre to ''stop giving in to the petroleum lobby'', Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National President Nitin Gadkari on Monday demanded that farmers producing ethanol should be given support in their projects.

Cheaper, cleaner diesel burn into sales of petrol cars

The dirty fuel is no longer a dirty word in the Indian automotive industry. Long considered the choice of truckers and taxi drivers, diesel has over a short span of time won over the passenger vehicle buyer. With 70 per cent of the market being dominated by small or compact …

Fuelling health risks: Petrol pumps near homes cause cancer

London: A petrol pump near your home could raise your cancer risk, a new study has warned. Researchers in Spain have carried out the study and found that buildings within a 100m radius of petrol pumps are exposed to potentially harmful pollution

Artificial petrol at 14 a litre

Hydrogen-Based Fuel Is Eco-Friendly, May Hit Market In 3 Years London: British scientists have developed a low-cost and environment-friendly

OMCs raise profit margin with ethanol-blended petrol

Sale of ethanol-blended petrol has turned more profitable for the oil marketing companies (OMCs) with the recent increase in petrol prices. Their margin on a litre of ethanol has moved up from Rs 7.90 per litre to Rs 12.43 since November when blending was reintroduced. This also helps the OMCs

States make merry on costlier petrol

While the consumers are unhappy with the regular price rises in petrol and the Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs)

Petrol prices set to boost diesel car sales

New Delhi: Environment minister Jairam Ramesh may not like this, but the growing gap between the pricing of petrol and diesel is likely to give a boost to dieselpowered vehicles as more and more people prefer to cash in on the lower price of the fuel that also fetches more …

Still losing Rs 1.22 a litre on petrol: IOC

Consumers, who have put up with a 22% increase in petrol price so far this fiscal, could be in store for further price increase unless the global crude price softens or the government steps in with tax cuts. Indian Oil Corporation said on Monday that even after a Rs 2.5 …

Petrol price hike: BJD, CPM demand rollback

The ruling BJD and the CPM today assailed the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre for hiking prices of petrol within a month. Demanding a rollback, Biju Yuva Janata Dal said the price hike will further fuel the inflationary trend. While the prices of essential commodities have gone through the …

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