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Centre to release 5 million barrels crude oil from strategic reserves
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 13 (ANI): The government has agreed to release 5 million barrels of crude oil from its strategic petroleum reserves in consultation with other global energy consumers, Union Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Rameswar Teli in a written reply to a ques
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US announces first sale of 18mn barrels from strategic oil reserve to redu
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 11 (ANI/Sputnik): The Energy Department announced the first sale of 18 million barrels of oil from the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) aimed at reducing pump prices of fuel that had hit seven-year highs and raised inflation woes.
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Pakistan faces looming challenge of depleting gas reserves: Report
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 7 (ANI): With Pakistan facing a looming challenge of depleting gas reserves, its Federal Cabinet has directed the Petroleum Division to prepare short, medium and long-term plans, reported local media.
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World Petroleum Congress starts in US Houston amid Omicron concern
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Houston [US], December 6 (ANI/Xinhua): The World Petroleum Congress, the largest triennial gathering for the industry, kicked off Sunday in Houston, the largest city of south-central U.S. state Texas, amid the shadow of the fast-spreading Omicron variant of COVID-19 and the uncertainty of gl
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Pakistan cedes strategic pipeline contract to China to repay mountain of d
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 3 (ANI): Pakistan has started ceding important projects to Beijing as a way out to repay the mountain of debt arising out of Chinese loans as the Imran Khan government recently awarded the contract for the construction of 3,021 km of the strategic crude oil pip
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India's production capacity of liquid oxygen is 8,778 metric tonnes per da
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 3 (ANI): As per records of the Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organization (PESO), based on the daily report submitted by the manufacturers, the country's daily production capacity of Liquid Oxygen is 8,778 metric tonnes per day, informed the Ministry of Healt
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Target of 20 pc blending ethanol in petrol and 5 pc blending of biodiesel
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 2 (ANI): The Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoPNG), Rameswar Teli in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha on Thursday informed that the Government notified the National Policy on Biofuels (NPB) - 2018 on June 4, 2018, to promote the use
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Kerala HC directs CBIC to file detailed statement on plea challenging deci
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], December 1 (ANI): Kerala High Court on Tuesday directed the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) to file a detailed statement on a plea challenging the decision of the GST council that is not bringing petroleum products under Goods and Servi
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Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited announces appointment of five indepen
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 1 (ANI/NewsVoir): Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) has announced the appointment of Pradeep Vishambhar Agrawal, Ghanshyam Sher, Dr. (Smt) Aiswarya Biswal, Prof. Bhagwati Prasad Saraswat and Gopal Krishna Agarwal, as Independent Directors on t
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Gadkari to direct carmakers to introduce flex-fuel engines in vehicles
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 30 (ANI): Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Monday said that he will issue an order, in the next few days, directing car manufacturers to introduce flex-fuel engines in vehicles.
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47.4 lakh of 14.2 kg LPG cylinders consumed daily: Ministry
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 29 (ANI): The government on Monday informed that 47.4 lakh of 14.2 kg and 2.9 lakh of 19 kg LPG cylinders were consumed per day respectively during April to September this year.
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Ahead of nationwide strike by Pak petroleum dealers union, citizens rush t
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 25 (ANI): Ahead of the nationwide strike by the petroleum dealers association in Pakistan, traffic jams were reported in major cities across the country on Wednesday, along with long queues at petrol stations as citizens rushed to refuel their vehicles.
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