Oil & Gas
Cabinet amends biofuels policy, advances ethanol blending target to 2025-26
May 19, 2022
Cabinet amends biofuels policy, advances ethanol blending target to 2025-26
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved advancing the target of blending 20% ethanol in petrol by 5 years to 2025-26…
Petrol in India cheaper than UK but costlier than US, China, Pakistan, SL
May 17, 2022
Petrol in India cheaper than UK but costlier than US, China, Pakistan, SL
Petrol in India is cheaper than in countries like Hong Kong, Germany and the UK but costlier than in China,…
India delivers over 4,00,000 MT of fuel to Sri Lanka
May 16, 2022
India delivers over 4,00,000 MT of fuel to Sri Lanka
Amid the worst economic crisis in Sri Lanka, India took another initiative to extend support and supplied 12 shipments and…
CNG price hiked by ₹2 per kg in Delhi-NCR
May 16, 2022
CNG price hiked by ₹2 per kg in Delhi-NCR
The Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL) has hiked the price of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) by ₹2 per kg in Delhi-NCR,…
Petronet seeks lower price for renewing Qatar deal
May 12, 2022
Petronet seeks lower price for renewing Qatar deal
India’s top gas importer Petronet LNG Ltd wants Qatar Gas to lower prices for it to renew a long-term liquefied…
Sri Lanka stops supplying gas for domestic use
May 9, 2022
Sri Lanka stops supplying gas for domestic use
Amid the ongoing economic crisis, Sri Lanka’s leading liquefied petroleum gas supplier Litro Gas Lanka Limited on Monday said that…
LPG price hiked by ₹50; crosses ₹1,000 mark in most places
May 8, 2022
LPG price hiked by ₹50; crosses ₹1,000 mark in most places
Cooking gas LPG prices were on Saturday hiked by ₹50 per cylinder, the second increase in rates in just over…
Shahanshahpur Bio-CNG plant begins production
May 6, 2022
Shahanshahpur Bio-CNG plant begins production
The Bio-CNG plant inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in October 2021 in Shahanshahpur area has started production for commercial…
Imran Khan lied to IMF on petrol, diesel prices: Pak FM Miftah Ismail
May 5, 2022
Imran Khan lied to IMF on petrol, diesel prices: Pak FM Miftah Ismail
Pakistan’s Finance Minister Miftah Ismail has said accused former Prime Minister Imran Khan of lying to the International Monetary Fund…
Hungary says rejecting Russian oil embargo over energy security concerns
May 4, 2022
Hungary says rejecting Russian oil embargo over energy security concerns
Hungary’s reluctance to follow the EU path of abandoning Russian energy supplies is driven by the country’s energy security concerns,…
Russian gas supplies to China soar by 60% in 2022
May 4, 2022
Russian gas supplies to China soar by 60% in 2022
Amid the ongoing war in Ukraine, Russia’s gas supplies to China have soared by as much as 60% in the…
Indian Oil rolls out methanol-blended petrol on pilot basis
May 2, 2022
Indian Oil rolls out methanol-blended petrol on pilot basis
Indian Oil Corp (IOC) rolled out M15 petrol – 15% blend of methanol with petrol — on a pilot basis…
LPG prices go up, 19-kg commercial cylinder now costs ₹2,355.50
May 2, 2022
LPG prices go up, 19-kg commercial cylinder now costs ₹2,355.50
The price of a 19-kg commercial LPG cylinder has been increased by ₹102.50 on Sunday, which now costs ₹2,355.50 against…
BPCL, HPCL walk away with city gas licenses in the latest bid round
April 28, 2022
BPCL, HPCL walk away with city gas licenses in the latest bid round
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) have bagged two licenses each for retailing CNG to…
Russia to suspend natural gas supplies to Poland, Bulgaria
April 27, 2022
Russia to suspend natural gas supplies to Poland, Bulgaria
Russia is to halt natural gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria from Wednesday, according to energy companies and authorities. Poland’s…
Petrol price touches ₹123/litre in Rajasthan’s Sri Ganganagar
April 18, 2022
Petrol price touches ₹123/litre in Rajasthan’s Sri Ganganagar
Petrol prices in Rajasthan’s Sri Ganganagar district rose to ₹123 per litre on Monday morning, making it the costliest in…
ONGC adopts new drilling technology MPD in Tripura
April 18, 2022
ONGC adopts new drilling technology MPD in Tripura
ONGC has successfully drilled three gas wells in Tripura by using new technology, a senior company official said on Sunday.…
CNG price jumps by ₹12/kg, PNG by ₹9.50/SCM in Maharashtra
April 13, 2022
CNG price jumps by ₹12/kg, PNG by ₹9.50/SCM in Maharashtra
Within a week of steeply increasing the retail price of CNG and PNG, the city gas utility announced another hike…
Oil India headquarters under cyber-attack
April 13, 2022
Oil India headquarters under cyber-attack
PSU major Oil India Limited’s registered headquarters at Duliajan in Assam’s Dibrugarh district is purportedly under a cyber-attack which has…
India supplies two fuel consignments to Sri Lanka
April 7, 2022
India supplies two fuel consignments to Sri Lanka
India has delivered two fuel consignments to Sri Lanka in the last 24 hours, India’s high commission on the crisis-hit…
Petrol, diesel prices hiked by ₹0.80, total increase now at ₹10
April 6, 2022
Petrol, diesel prices hiked by ₹0.80, total increase now at ₹10
Petrol and diesel prices were hiked by ₹0.80 a litre each on Wednesday, taking the total increase in rates in…
Petrol price at ₹122.67/litre in Maharashtra’s Parbhani district
April 6, 2022
Petrol price at ₹122.67/litre in Maharashtra’s Parbhani district
With fuel prices being hiked multiple times over the last two weeks, the rate of petrol in Parbhani district in…
Transporters plan to increase freight charges due to fuel price hike
April 6, 2022
Transporters plan to increase freight charges due to fuel price hike
In light of the hike in fuel prices, transporters in Madhya Pradesh are planning to increase freight charges by 20-25%.…
US clarifies India’s Russian oil purchases not under sanctions
April 5, 2022
US clarifies India’s Russian oil purchases not under sanctions
Given the clamour in some US media and among politicians criticising India for buying oil from Russia, President Joe Biden’s…
Petrol, diesel prices hiked by ₹0.80; total increase now at ₹9.20
April 5, 2022
Petrol, diesel prices hiked by ₹0.80; total increase now at ₹9.20
Petrol and diesel prices were on Tuesday hiked by ₹0.80 a litre each, taking the total increase in rates in…