Union Oil Minister M Veerappa Moily underscored the need to raise prices of fuel in the domestic market given the huge payment for imports of crude oil into India. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the signing of a gas transmission agreement between GAIL (India) and Karn
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Moily stresses on fuel price hike
Union Oil Minister M Veerappa Moily underscored the need to raise prices of fuel in the domestic market given the huge payment for imports of crude oil into India. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the signing of a gas transmission agreement between GAIL (India) and Karn
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Essar Oil may maintain GRM on par with RIL
Analysts feel that the gross refining margin (GRM) of Essar Oil would continue to match that of Reliance Industries (RIL) as the former has increased the complexity of its refining units. Essar Oil raised its refinery capacity to 405,000 barrels per day from 300,000 previously and its com
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Essar Oil may maintain GRM on par with RIL
Analysts feel that the gross refining margin (GRM) of Essar Oil would continue to match that of Reliance Industries (RIL) as the former has increased the complexity of its refining units. Essar Oil raised its refinery capacity to 405,000 barrels per day from 300,000 previously and its com
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Refineries expect govt to address insurance issue
Petroleum refiners in the country are awaiting the government to solve the insurance issue of crude oil imported from Iran. The sanction imposed by western countries prohibits any firm from insuring crude oil imports from the gulf nation
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Refineries expect govt to address insurance issue
Petroleum refiners in the country are awaiting the government to solve the insurance issue of crude oil imported from Iran. The sanction imposed by western countries prohibits any firm from insuring crude oil imports from the gulf nation
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Net profit of ONGC declines 17.5%
The net profit of state-run Oil & Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) fell 17.5 percent during Oct-Dec 2012 to Rs 5,563 crore from Rs 6,741 crore in the same period previous year. The company attributed the contraction in the bottomline to a higher tax on crude oil and fall in its oil and gas output. The cess on crude oil was raised 80 perc
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HPCL may source more oil from Iraq
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL) plans to source more crude oil from Iraq in order to compensate for the possible decline in its import from Iran. The company may have to reduce dependence on Iranian crude oil from June because it may not be able to renew insurance to process the crude thanks to the sanction from Western countries. Therefore, the public sector refiner may enter into a contract with Iraq to buy more oil from April 1, 2013. A top
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HPCL may source more oil from Iraq
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL) plans to source more crude oil from Iraq in order to compensate for the possible decline in its import from Iran. The company may have to reduce dependence on Iranian crude oil from June because it may not be able to renew insurance to process the crude thanks to the sanction from Western countries. Therefore, the public sector refiner may enter into a contract with Iraq to buy more oil from April 1, 2013. A top
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Profit of HPCL falls despite rise in operating income
The total operating income of Hindustan Petroleum Corp (HPCL) rose 11 per cent during October-December 2012 period to Rs 53,424 crore. However, the profit of the state-run refiner declined sharply to Rs 147 crore, from Rs 2,725.18 crore in the year-ago period because of a spike in costs and lower com