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 …
Barack Obama and John McCain on Monday stepped up their increasingly tetchy exchange over high petrol prices, with Mr Obama accusing his rival of being in the "pocket of big oil' and Mr McCain accusing his opponent of hypocrisy. Mr Obama, whose opinion poll numbers have slid sharply since his …
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Rakteem Katakey / New Delhi August 2, 2008, 5:54 IST Oil firms see 20% dip in sales since the June 4 increase. The government's decision to raise fuel prices in June has scuttled the oil companies' plans to reduce their losses from retail fuel sales as consumers are buying less …
To understand why fuel prices in the United States have soared over the last year, it helps to talk to the captain of a battered wooden freighter in Indonesia. He pays just $2.30 a gallon for diesel, the same price Indonesian motorists pay for regular gasoline. His vessel burns diesel …
Makarand Gadgil / Mumbai July 22, 2008, 3:32 IST There is a big buzz around ethanol blending with petrol as it is seen as providing relief for the consumers of this scarce commodity when international prices have seen unprecedented spike in the last few months. But ethanol manufacturers are an …
The government has approved an Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) recommendation of upward revision of POL prices, a statement issued by the regulatory authority said on Sunday. The authority has set the revised price of petrol at Rs 86.66 per litre, up from Rs 75.69 per litre. Light diesel …
Bloomberg / Dallas July 21, 2008, 0:44 IST US fuel consumption fell 3 per cent in the first half of 2008, the biggest decline for the period in 17 years, as high prices and a slowing economy curbed demand, an oil industry report today showed. Deliveries of petroleum products declined …
Rising petroleum prices would affect Pakistan's agriculture sector as farmers depend on fuel to operate their tube-wells to get irrigation water the prime requirement for the growth of crops. 'Due to inadequate canal system, farmers are dependent on electric and diesel run tube-wells for irrigation but price escalation of oil …
The Rudd Government's Green Paper on carbon trading uses adjectives like "smoother", "gradual", and "measured" to describe the scheme's implementation because cutting Australia's emissions by 60 per cent in four decades is going to produce profound structural change, and, inevitably, political repercussions. Like a dentist poised above you, drill in …
The Economic Advisory Council (EAC) of the prime minister has suggested an increase in petrol prices to Rs 100 a litre with some protection for the motorcyclists through issuance of fleet cards or introduction of fuel stamps system. The EAC also recommended 10 percent increase in diesel prices quarterly to …
I fully endorse the views in the editorial, "Tax luxury'. Hiking the excise duty on big cars, multiutility vehicles and sports cars was overdue. Several other initiatives are required to tide over the oil crisis. Petroleum companies can absorb the oil shock by tightening their belts. There is no justification …
THE Federal Government's draft legislation for a world-first regulated carbon capture and storage (CCS) system has failed to pass muster with the very groups it is meant to help, including backers of the $5 billion Monash Energy coal-to-liquids project in the Latrobe Valley. Complaints with the draft legislation raise doubts …
Sujay Mehdudia Ministry cites losses on account of under-recoveries NEW DELHI: Indicating a "crunch' in supply of petrol and diesel, the Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry has asked the oil marketing companies (OMCs) to put on hold their plans to open new retail outlets. Citing losses on account of under-recoveries …
Pakistan could have avoided the adverse effects of the high cost of petroleum products including petrol, diesel and furnace oil, if it had avoided over reliance on petroleum based products for generating thermal power and had instead given encouragement to use indigenously produced coal in power generation, reports UPP correspondent. …
Pune, July 10 Petrol supplies already down 25%, diesel 50% as oil firms have cut purchases in response to rising global crude prices Rationing of petrol and diesel, already a de facto reality in many of the city's petrol pumps, may well become a way of life if the authorities …
New Delhi July 7: The government has asked PSU Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) not to force consumers to buy branded fuels. There were reports that the PSU OMCs have imposed quotas on their petrol pumps, according to which the petrol pumps would get only 50 per cent of their fuel …
Petrol pumps in the greater Guwahati area will remain closed for 24 hours from 5 am of July 9 in protest against the move of the oil companies to phase out normal petrol and replace the same with the premium brand, which is costlier. The Greater Guwahati Unit of the …
