Reports suggest that AGL (Awantika Gas), which is a distributor of gas in Ujjain, would set up a mother station for compressed natural gas (CNG) on the land to be handed over by the state government. It is learnt that the firm would complete the project in a few months after it receives possession of the land, which was handed over to the Industries department
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AGL to set up mother station for CNG
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OMCs unsure on cash transfer for cylinders
State-run Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) in Hyderabad and Ranga Reddy districts seem to have no clarity on how the cash transfer will take place for subsidized cylinders. Some industry sources feel that the finance ministry will transfer the amount to the respective oil companies who will then reimburse the amount in the individual bank acco
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OMCs unsure on cash transfer for cylinders
State-run Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) in Hyderabad and Ranga Reddy districts seem to have no clarity on how the cash transfer will take place for subsidized cylinders. Some industry sources feel that the finance ministry will transfer the amount to the respective oil companies who will then reimburse the amount in the individual bank acco
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Minister to decide on extending deadline for subsidy scheme
Andhra Pradesh Civil Supplies Minister D Sridhar Babu informed that the Union Oil and Gas Minister Veerappa Moily may take a decision on the extension of the deadline for beginning Adhaar-linked subsidy transfer scheme for LPG cylinders. It may be recalled that oil marketing companies (OMCs) set February 15 as the deadline for providing LPG cylinders on s
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CERC seeks review of LPG distribution norms
Union petroleum ministry received a request from the Ahmedabad based Consumer Education and Research Centre (CERC) to reconsider the decision to allow only one gas connection for one address. In a letter to the ministry, the CERC argued that the rule could hit the joint family culture in India as it will impose an additional financial burden of purchasing cook
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Consumers to get 3 more subsidised LPG a year
Union government raised the cap on subsidised cooking gas cylinder per household per year to nine from the previously fixed six. The new cap would be applicable from the financial year beginning April 1, 2013. Between September 2012 and March 2013, household will get a quota of five subsidised cylinders, Oil Minister M Veerappa Moily told reporters after the mee
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Govt launches portability scheme for LPG consumers
Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister M Veerappa Moily informed reporters that the government recently launched a pilot project of portability for LPG connections in Chandigarh. The project is aimed at enabling the customer, who is not satisfied with his present distributor, to shift his connection to another dealer. In 2013-14, the three state-run fuel retailers – IOC, BPCL
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Experts urge oil firms to step up production
Experts and industry observers urge oil and gas companies to accelerate engineering and production activities in order to bridge the demand-supply gap in crude oil. The country depends on import for over 70 percent of its crude oil requirement and this puts huge pressure on India's import bill
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State oil firms to bear additional burden
State-run petroleum companies may share additional financial burden of the Delhi government's ambitious scheme to provide Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) connection to poor people. The state government initiated Kerosene Free Delhi Scheme to replace completely kerosene used by BPL or Antyodaya families for cooking purposes with
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OMCs resume issue of new LPG connections
Starting with North Eastern states, the three state-owned oil marketing companies (OMCs) resumed issuing of new LPG connections after putting it on hold for a few weeks. It is learnt that they have started issuing connections in Meghalaya, Sikkim, Nagaland and Andaman & Nicobar Islands. In September, issue of new LPG connections was put on hold pending a massive nationwide exercise to eli