The Maharashtra government has been directed by the Bombay High Court on October 14 to issue a circular to all civic bodies to ensure that no construction or reclamation is permitted on wetlands in Maharashtra. A division bench of Justice VM Kanade and Justice SC Gupte also directed the government to state if it will adopt the Centre's wetland atlas as its brief document.
Category: Oil & Gas
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Oil Ministry saves 600 litres of fuel by using Metro rail
The Union Petroleum and and Natural Gas Minister Marpadi Veerappa Moily has said that his ministry alone can save about 600 litre of petrol and diesel worth over Rs 40,000 by travelling by public transport. He traveled by the Delhi Metro rail on October 9.
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Work on LNG terminal at Mangalore to begin in Nov
Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Marpadi Veerappa Moily has said that the construction of an LNG import terminal at Mangalore will commence in next November. At present, companies ONGC, Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd. (BPCL), Mitsui and New Mangaloe Port Trust (NMPT) are surveying the feasibility of the LNG terminal, say media reports.
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Work on LNG terminal in Mangalore to start in Nov
Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Marpadi Veerappa Moily has stated that work on the new LNG (liquefied natural gas) import terminal at Mangalore will begin in next November. A feasibility study on the terminal is being carried out by a consortium of ONGC, BPCL, Mitsui and New Mangalore Port Trust (NMPT).
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Rajasthan to get refinery-cum petrochemical complex
The Union Cabinet has recently approved the proposal of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL), a Public Sector Undertaking to set up a 9 mmtpa greenfield Refinery cum Petrochemical Complex in Barmer District in Rajasthan, as a Joint Venture (JV) with Government of Rajasthan under the name HPCL-Rajasthan Refinery Limited( HRRL).
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India to build its 1st oil storage facility soon
To insulate itself from oil supply disruptions, India will build its first strategic oil storage facility by January,
Union Oil Minister M Veerappa Moily has said on September 28. India, which is 79 per cent dependent on imports to meet its crude oil needs, is building underground storages at Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh and Mangalore and Padur in Karnataka to store about 5.33 million tonne of crude oil, the Minister said.
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Petrol price slashed, diesel costs more
Petrol price was steeply cut by Rs 3.05 per litre on September 30. The price changes announced by oil companies are excluding local sales tax or VAT and will be effective midnight of September 30. It was the first reduction in rates in over five months and the steepest in over five years, while diesel prices were raised by 50 paise a litre.
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Gas-based project in Orissa
Now decks have been cleared for establishment of a 423 MW gas-based power project in Orissa, at an investment of Rs 3,106 crore. JGreen Power has come forward with its proposal for the project
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India to build its first oil storage facility soon
ndia will build its first strategic oil storage facility by January, Union Oil Minister M Veerappa Moily said. India, which is 79 per cent dependent on imports to meet its crude oil needs, is building underground storages at Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh
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Mega refinery project in Rajasthan
The Union Cabinet has recently approved the proposal of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL) to set up a 9 mmtpa greenfield refinery-cum-petrochemical complex in Barmer district in Rajasthan.