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Russian envoy meets Petroleum Secretary, moots prospects in energy sector
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 28 (ANI): Russian envoy to India Denis Alipov on Thursday held a meeting with Pankaj Jain, Secretary, Indian Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas and discussed the cooperation of the two nations in the energy sector.
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India's fuel consumption jumps 18 pc in June
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 9 (ANI) Consumption of petroleum products in India during the month of June soared 17.9 per cent year-on-year to 18.67 million tonne, data from Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas showed.
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Govt launches bidding for 10 blocks of hydrocarbon under open acreage prog
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has launched the 'Open Acreage Licensing Programme Bid Round-VIII', offering 10 blocks for international competitive bidding in order to accelerate the exploration and production of hydrocarbons.
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Green hydrogen has potential to provide energy independence to India, says
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): Green hydrogen as an alternative source of energy has the potential in providing momentum to India's journey towards energy independence by the year 2047, said Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep S. Puri.
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India's Ethanol blends target, a big boost to the Sugar Industry: Ramakris
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] June 6 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Ramakrishna Y B, a Member Expert of the Working group on Bio Fuels, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, said that "It is heartening to note that India has achieved the 10 per cent Ethanol blending target in Petrol in May 2022, seven month
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India welcomes IEA announcement for collective oil stock release of 120 ml
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 7 (ANI): India on Thursday welcomed the announcement by the International Energy Agency for a collective oil stock release of 120 million barrels.
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Domestic natural gas prices doubled; CNG, cooking gas to get costlier
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 31 (ANI): Domestic natural gas prices will be more than doubled to USD 6.10 per million British thermal unit (mmBtu) effective from April 1, 2022, from the current USD 2.90 per mmBtu, Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC) of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natura
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Govt closely monitoring global energy markets, potential energy supply dis
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 15 (ANI): The Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Rameswar Teli in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha on Monday informed that the geopolitical situation between Russia and Ukraine has resulted in a steep increase in global crude oil and gas
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This year's budget has set the 'Gatishakti' of India's development in 21st
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], February 28 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that this year's budget has set the pace (Gatishakti) of India's development in the 21st century, adding that this direction of 'Infrastructure-based development' will lead to an extraordinary increase i
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Approx 1 lakh jobs provided under Ujjwala Yojana: MoS Petroleum
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 24 (ANI): Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas on Wednesday said that with the implementation of Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY), approximately one lakh people have got employment through the LPG distribution system.
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Oil PSUs set up 101 PSA oxygen plants
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 23 (ANI): Thirteen Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) functioning under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas are in the process to set up 110 pressure swing adsorption (PSA) oxygen plants, out of which 101 have become functional.
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Govt lowers GST rate to 5 pc from 18 pc on ethanol meant for blending unde
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 16 (ANI): The Government on Thursday has lowered the Goods and Services Tax rate to 5 per cent from 18 per cent on ethanol meant for blending under the Ethanol Blended Petrol (EBP) programme.
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