State-run oil marketing companies (OMCs)
Indian Oil Corporation and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation argued that Kerala government must forgo the sales tax of Rs 12 imposed on a litre of diesel. The oil companies argued this in response to a petition filed by the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) in the state High Court against these comp
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OMCs ask Kerala govt to forgo sales tax
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Oil import from Iran set to fall further in FY13
Media reports indicate that India's crude oil import from Iran may fall from 18.1 million tonne (mn t) in 2011-12 to about 13 mn t in 2012-13 because of sanction imposed by Western countries on the gulf nation. During the April-December 2012, Iran, which was IndiaÂ’s second biggest supplier of crude oil after Saudi Arabia in 2010-11, supplied
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OMCs to share aviation fuel facilities with Pvt firms
In what could open the aviation turbine fuel (ATF) market for private companies, the State-run oil marketing companies (OMCs) have agreed, in-principle, to share their storage facilities to feed Asia's largest terminal at New Delhi. The decision was taken during a meeting between aviation and petroleum ministries last week, a senior government official said. With this move, private ATF sellers will get overnight access to assets created by government firms, said a senior executive with an OMC.
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Govt lays 12,650 km gas pipeline
The Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas M Veerappa Moily informed the Lok Sabha recently that for transporting natural gas across the length and breadth of the country, a cross-country pipeline network is being laid throughout the country. Presently, there are around 11,500 km of natural gas pipelines across the country and another 12,650 km of pipeline infrastructure is under various stages of imple
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CCI sends order to fuel retailers
Ashok Chawla, Chairman of the Competition Commission of India (CCI) informed reporters that the panel was in the process of sending fuel retailers an order related to a probe on the alleged cartelisation on petrol pricing. Chawla informed this on the sidelines of a seminar organised by industry body Assocham. The CCI, which is emp
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Private refiners warn that they may export fuel
Private sector oil refining companies warned that they would export their diesel and Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) instead of selling them to the local state-run oil marketing companies (OMCs). The warning comes in response to the finance ministry's proposal to calculate domestic fuel price based on Export Parity Price (EPP) instead of the curr
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OIL plans to spend large portion on exploration
Reports suggest that Oil India (OIL) plans to spend over 32 percent of the planned capital expenditure (capex) in the 12th Five Year plan period (2012-17) towards exploration which will enhance its current reserve base. According to analysts, the cost of production of the company for oil and gas is amongst the lowest in the world. This is mainly on account of the fact that most of the production for OIL is
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HPCL to set up 5 mn tpa LNG terminal in Chhara
Media reports suggest that Hindustan Petroleum Corp (HPCL) identified Chhara in Gujarat's Junagadh district to set up a liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal in a joint venture with SP Ports, a unit of Shapoorji Pallonji Group. The Rs 5,000 crore terminal project would be executed by both the firms through a 50:50 joint vent
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CCI to address issues on oil and gas blocks
Cabinet Committee on Investment (CCI) would sort out the defence related issues in starting exploration on some of the oil and gas blocks, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said. Ministries of defence and oil are asked by the committee to sort out issues like exploration area overlapping with proposed Naval base or being close to missi
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Crude oil price of Indian basket falls marginally
The international crude oil price of Indian Basket as computed by the Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC) recently declined to $107.19 per barrel (bbl)on March 11, 2013. This was lower than the price of $107.32 per bbl prevailing on the previous trading day of March 8, 2013. PPAC comes under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. In rupee terms, also the Indian Basket crude oil p