State-run oil marketing company (OMC) Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL) may report losses in the financial year 2012-13 owing to poor refining margins, forex losses and increasing interest costs, research firm Antique said recently. The company may be able to improve its realisation only if the government raises diesel, kerosene prices, repo
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Section of Congress seek hike in LPG cap
Media reports indicate that some section of the ruling Congress party want the government to raise the cap on the number of subsidised cooking gas per household per year. Recently, the government decided to limit the number of subsidised cooking gas per household per year to six and this has reportedly increased hardships for common man
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East-West Petroleum eyes shale reserves in Assam
Assam government received interest from East-West Petroleum Corporation for investing in the state's potential shale gas assets. The Canadian firm, which is owned by the industrialist, Herb Dhaliwal, feels that the state possesses huge shale gas potential and the fuel could be extracted by adopting new technology. Dhaliwal, the first Canadian Cabinet Minister of Indian origin, said his company was keen to invest in a big way in the
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Rupee exchange rate holds key for petrol pricing
According to analysts, the movement of rupee against the dollar holds key for the future price movement of petrol in the domestic market. Recently, the price of petrol was reduced by oil marketing companies (OMCs) for the second time since 9 October 2012 because of the decline in crude oil prices in the international market
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SC to hear IGL-PNGRB case on Nov 21
The next hearing of the Supreme Court case regarding dispute between Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) and Indraprastha Gas (IGL) is sche
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IOC posts Rs 96 bn net profit
Following the reimbursement of oil subsidy by the union government, public sector refiner Indian Oil Corp (IOC) posted a net profit of Rs 9,611 crore in the quart
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OMCs to revise petrol price
Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) would revise the price of petrol soon in view of the changes in the rupee exchange rate, international gasoline prices
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OMCs set to announce losses in Sept quarter
Delay in the receipt of compensation from the government may cause the oil marketing companies (OMCs) to post losses during the September 2012 quart
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Assocham seeks solution to coal linkage issue
In order to ensure fuel for the upcoming power projects, the newly appointed Minister of State for Power Jyotiraditya Scindia must immediately resolve the coal linka
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OMCs’ under-recovery for diesel stands at Rs 9.84
For the first fortnight of November effective November 1, the under-recovery incurred by oil marketing companies (OMCs) on sale of diesel remains at a high level of Rs