Oil and Gas

In a notable development, the country’s first floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU), Höegh Giant, arrived at H-Energy’s terminal at Jaigarh port on April 12, 2021. It is India’s first FSRU-based liquefied natural gas (LNG) […]

BPCL has partnered with Accenture Public Limited Company to digitally transform its sales and distribution network. BPCL will be able to leverage the competencies of Accenture in data, artificial intelligence and cloud computing for building […]

The Indian Oil Corporation has commissioned two compressed natural gas (CNG) stations in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. The oil refining company is in the process of constructing a steel gas pipeline network in Coimbatore with the […]

A consortium of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) and BP Exploration Alpha Limited (BP) has commenced the production of natural gas from the satellite cluster of the Kaveri Ganga Dhirubhai 6 block. This block is being […]

The MoPNGS has directed ONGC to sell its stake in offshore oilfields such as the Ratna series and the R-series fields in Mumbai along with onshore fields like Gandhar in Gujarat to private players. It […]

The Ministry of Petroleum Natural Gas and Steel (MoPNGS) has started the pilot supply of diesel blended with used cooking oil (UCO) biofuel from the Tikrikalan terminal of Indian Oil Limited (IOL) situated in Delhi. […]

The Indian Gas Exchange (IGX) has commenced gas trade from two new hubs at Dabhol and Jaigarh in Maharashtra on April 21, 2021. With this, the exchange now has five physical gas hubs. The existing […]

The central government has inaugurated a Rs 60 billion propylene derivative petrochemical project at Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited’s (BPCL) Kochi refinery. The project will help generate 500,000 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) of propylene. This […]

The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation has signed a share purchase and shareholders agreement with the Indian Gas Exchange (IGX) and the Indian Energy Exchange (IEX) to acquire a 5 per cent stake in the […]

Gujarat-based city gas distribution (CGD) companies are planning to aggressively add new compressed natural gas (CNG) stations. This expansion is driven by the government’s greater push for the usage of cleaner fuels, the growing adoption […]

The Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) plans to invest Rs 329.46 billion to expand the capacity of its oil refinery at Panipat in Haryana to 25 mtpa, and set up chemical units. The expansion will be […]

IOC is planning to set up two mega biorefineries in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, as part of its transition from fossil fuels to multi-source, clean energy. According to IOC, these second-generation biorefineries, which will extract […]

The Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port (SMP), previously known as Kolkata port, has entered into an agreement with the Mumbai-based Hiranandani Group to build a jetty-based LNG terminal at East Midnapur for storage and regasification of […]

The Indian Energy Exchange (IEX) has announced a divestment of 5 per cent equity stake in the Indian Gas Exchange (IGX) to GAIL (India) Limited, making it the third investor to participate in the platform. […]

Royal Dutch Shell’s India unit has started the operation of its small-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply with a truck-loading unit being inaugurated at its LNG import terminal at Hazira, Gujarat. The unit will boost […]

GAIL plans to launch an infrastructure investment trust (InvIT) of its two gas pipelines between Dahej and Bengaluru, ahead of a proposed splitting of the pipeline business from the gas marketing function. These pipelines are […]

Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) has signed an MoU with the Petroleum Conservation Research Association for the implementation of the Energy Efficient Piped Natural Gas Cook Stive programme across the country. Under the MoU, EESL […]

According to the Directorate General of Hydrocarbons, India’s natural gas production has risen above the pre-Covid level following the output from a KG-D6 field operated by Reliance Industries Limited and its partner BP Plc. Natural […]

During April-January 2020-21, major Indian ports handled 542.14 million tonnes (mt) of traffic, compared to 585.73 mt in the corresponding period of 2019-20, registering a decline of 7.44 per cent. Port-wise, the Deendayal port handled […]

The Chhattisgarh government has signed an MoU for the country’s first ethanol plant to be set up in the state under the public-private partnership (PPP) model. The contract was signed with Bhoramdev Cooperative Sugar Factory […]