Oil & Gas
India prepones target of 20% ethanol blend petrol to 2023
June 3, 2021
India prepones target of 20% ethanol blend petrol to 2023
The government has brought forward the target date for achieving 20 per cent ethanol-blending with petrol by two years to…
Pradhan announces initiatives to boost SATAT scheme
June 1, 2021
Pradhan announces initiatives to boost SATAT scheme
Dharmendra Pradhan presided over a virtual ceremony in which a number of initiatives were launched to provide major fillip to…
Africa’s share in India’s oil imports at 7-month high
June 1, 2021
Africa’s share in India’s oil imports at 7-month high
Africa's share in India's oil imports surged to a seven-month high in April as refiners boosted purchases from small regional…
Petrol, diesel sales drop 17% in May owing to lockdowns
June 1, 2021
Petrol, diesel sales drop 17% in May owing to lockdowns
India's petrol and diesel sales fell by about 17% in May from a month ago as restrictions clamped to curb…
Petrol, diesel price in Pakistan likely to increase from June 1
May 31, 2021
Petrol, diesel price in Pakistan likely to increase from June 1
Amid high levels of inflation in Pakistan, the country's Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) has sent a summary to…
Relentless efforts to control fire onboard MV X-Press Pearl
May 30, 2021
Relentless efforts to control fire onboard MV X-Press Pearl
Indian Coast Guard (ICG) is working tirelessly to extinguish the massive fire onboard container vessel MV X-Press Pearl off Colombo,…
Fire-fighting operations by ICG continue unabated
May 28, 2021
Fire-fighting operations by ICG continue unabated
Continuing the firefighting efforts to douse the fire onboard MV X-Press Pearl off Colombo, Indian Coast Guard (ICG) ships Vaibhav…
Assam gives Rs 500 crore to OIL to increase stake in NRL
May 28, 2021
Assam gives Rs 500 crore to OIL to increase stake in NRL
The Assam government handed over a cheque of Rs 500 crore to Oil India Limited (OIL) as a part of…
ICG continue efforts to control fire onboard MV X-Press Pearl
May 28, 2021
ICG continue efforts to control fire onboard MV X-Press Pearl
Indian Coast Guard (ICG) ships Vaibhav and Vajra continue to battle the fire onboard container ship MV X-Press Pearl off…
Indian Coast Guard dousing fire on MV X-Press Pearl
May 27, 2021
Indian Coast Guard dousing fire on MV X-Press Pearl
Indian Coast Guard Ships Vaibhav and Vajra continue efforts to douse the intense fire onboard container vessel MV X-Press Pearl…
Sri Lanka fears oil spill from burning MV X-Press Pearl
May 27, 2021
Sri Lanka fears oil spill from burning MV X-Press Pearl
Sri Lankan authorities fear a possible oil spill from a Singaporean container ship on fire off the country's western coast…
Petrol crosses Rs 100/litre in Thane after 14th price hike
May 27, 2021
Petrol crosses Rs 100/litre in Thane after 14th price hike
Petrol price on Thursday crossed the Rs 100-a-litre mark in Thane district of Maharashtra, while it was hovering a tad…
Total suspends cash payments to Myanmar army
May 27, 2021
Total suspends cash payments to Myanmar army
French energy giant Total said that Myanmar's army would no longer receive cash payments linked to a pipeline it operates…
Fire broke out at HPCL refinery at Visakhapatnam
May 26, 2021
Fire broke out at HPCL refinery at Visakhapatnam
A fire broke out at Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd's oil refinery on Tuesday afternoon but it was doused within hours…
Cyclone Yaas: Oil & gas installations in survival mode
May 26, 2021
Cyclone Yaas: Oil & gas installations in survival mode
Ships at anchorage have been asked to move to a safer area in the sea while oil and gas installations…
Petrol hits record Rs 99.71/L in Mumbai after 13th price hike
May 25, 2021
Petrol hits record Rs 99.71/L in Mumbai after 13th price hike
Petrol price inched towards the Rs 100-mark in Mumbai on Tuesday after fuel rates were hiked again. Petrol price was…
NHRC’s notice to Petroleum Ministry, ONGC, Coast Guard
May 24, 2021
NHRC’s notice to Petroleum Ministry, ONGC, Coast Guard
NHRC on Sunday issued notices to the Petroleum Ministry, ONGC chairman, Indian Coast Guard and the director general of Shipping…
Reliance-BP delivers deep water gas fields despite COVID
May 24, 2021
Reliance-BP delivers deep water gas fields despite COVID
Reliance Industries Ltd along with its JV Partner BP had embarked on concurrent development of three deep water fields in…
ONGC to extend relief to Cyclone Tauktae survivors, victims
May 21, 2021
ONGC to extend relief to Cyclone Tauktae survivors, victims
ONGC management has decided to extend an immediate relief of Rs.1 lakh to the survivors and Rs.2 lakh for the…
India’s gas output rises 23% as RIL-BP fields start production
May 21, 2021
India’s gas output rises 23% as RIL-BP fields start production
India's natural gas production jumped 22.7% in April after Reliance Industries Ltd and its partner BP Plc ramped up output…
Miscalculations may have led to ONGC vessels in cyclone
May 21, 2021
Miscalculations may have led to ONGC vessels in cyclone
Inadequate advance notice and miscalculations of cyclone Tauktae's ferocity and its path may have contributed to a false belief that…
Captain of barge P-305 chose not to move vessel: Survivor
May 21, 2021
Captain of barge P-305 chose not to move vessel: Survivor
A person, rescued from one of the three barges that adrifted after being smashed by the severe cyclone, said that…
Total to supply LNG to ArcelorMittal’s plants in Gujarat
May 20, 2021
Total to supply LNG to ArcelorMittal’s plants in Gujarat
French energy giant Total said it has signed a deal to supply imported LNG to ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel's (AMNS) steel…
Indian refiners set to make room for Iranian oil
May 19, 2021
Indian refiners set to make room for Iranian oil
Indian refiners, anticipating a lifting of US sanctions, plan to make space for the resumption of Iranian imports by reducing…
Rescue operations underway after cyclone sinks barge
May 19, 2021
Rescue operations underway after cyclone sinks barge
Navy vessels, tug boats and rescue ships were pressed into service on Tuesday to evacuate over 500 people stuck on…