The government has granted approval for establishing two strategic petroleum reserve (SPR) facilities at Padur in Karnataka and Chandikhol in Odisha under Phase II of the petroleum reserve programme. Additionally, the RfP tender for building […]
The Adani Group has announced that it will offer a 50 per cent discount on charges to liquefied natural gas (LNG)-fuelled ships at Mundra. The discount will be offered on charges such as port dues, […]
BPCL has tied up with Humsafar India, a start-up based in Delhi, for home delivery of diesel in jerry cans for up to 20 litres within the National Capital Region. The collaboration is titled Safar […]
According to the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoPNG), a total of 105 exploration blocks measuring an area of 156,580 square km have been awarded under the Open Acreage Licensing Policy (OALP), over five […]
The MoPNG has granted authorisation to seven companies for selling auto fuels in the country. These new approvals are under the relaxed guidelines for authorisation to market transportation fuels that were revised in 2019. The […]
Gujarat Gas has begun supplying LNG using cryogenic trucks. It began supplying natural gas to consumers in the tribal areas of Narmada district, Gujarat. The system comprises a LNG storage tank and a regasification facility […]
The central government has launched Ujjwala 2.0, that is, the second phase of the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY), at Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh. The objective of the scheme is to issue deposit-free LPG connections to […]
GAIL plans to convert an existing liquid petroleum gas plant at Usar in Raigad district of Maharashtra into a petroleum complex for producing polypropylene. It will have a capacity of 500,000 tonnes per annum by […]
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) has started selling ethanol-blended petrol in Ladakh, becoming the first state-run fuel retailer to supply the cleaner version of gasoline in the frontier area. According to HPCL, the fuel has […]
Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) plans to invest around Rs 50 billion to develop 1 GW of renewable energy capacity, in addition to setting up compressed biogas (CBG) and ethanol plants over the next […]
The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoPNG) has proposed amendments to the existing law to incorporate cleaner sources of energy such as hydrogen in the definition of mineral oils, for which the government gives […]
The central government has inaugurated the country’s first commercial LNG filling station at Dighori, Nagpur. The facility has been set up by Baidyanath Ayurvedic Group. The station has a capacity of 23 tonnes and was […]
The Directorate General of Hydrocarbons has modified the procedures related to oil and gas exploration and production (E&P) activities in India. It has limited the requirement of statutory approvals to only extension of contracts, sale […]
H-Energy Private Limited on June 16, 2021 signed an MoU with Petrobangla to build a regasified liquefied natural gas pipeline under the Kanai Chatta-Shrirampur liquid natural gas (LNG) pipeline project. The project involves the laying […]
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. […]
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