Media reports suggest that Hindustan Petroleum Corp (HPCL) is discussing the feasibility of a Rs 600-700 crore project to set up underground storage facility for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). The company proposes to set up the facility, which would be its second one, in Mangalore and it is expected to arrive at a decision on the project in the next six
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HPCL mulls LPG storage facility for Rs 700 cr
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Report suggests HPCL may post losses in 2012-13
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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HPCL to raise $350 mn via issue of bonds
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL) plans to raise around $350 million this year through issue of bonds to overseas investors, reports suggest. While the company is working on raising $400 million in external commercial borrowings (ECB), it plans to raise another $350 million through issue of bonds to overseas investors. HPCL is reportedly securing ratings for the bond issue
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HPCL seeks assured oil supply for proposed refinery
Hindustan Petroleum Corp (HPCL), which proposed to set up a 9 million tonne a year refinery at Barmer in Rajasthan, has asked the oil ministry to give firm allocation of crude oil from Cairn India's oilfields in the state.
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State-owned OMCs asked not to invest on petrol pumps
According to a government order, which was approved by the Oil Minister M Veerappa Moily, henceforth state-owned oil marketing companies (OMCs) will not invest in opening of new retail outlets and the investment is to be made by prospective dealers only. The order further states that the state-owned OMCs can set up petrol pumps only when the dealer is willing bear the Rs 1-1.5 crore cost of a
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Indian firms imported 85.9 mn t oil till Sep
Crude oil imported by Indian refining companies stood at 85.959 million tonne during the April-September 2012. It is learnt that Indian companies are reducing their import from Iran and are instead increasing their dependence on other countries like Iraq, Venezuela, Kuwait for sourcing crude
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HPCL to expedite Rajasthan project
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL), which earlier decided to commission its nine million tonne refinery project in Ratnagiri before completing work on its Rajasthan project, has reversed the plan. Media reports suggest that the company finds it meaningful to expedite its recently planned Rajasthan project
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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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HPCL mulls 9 mn t refinery at Barmer
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL) is exploring the option of setting up a 9 million tonne per annum (mn tpa) refinery at Barmer, Rajasthan in collaboration with its other partners.
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HPCL to revive Vizag refinery
With a keen interest to revive $10 billion refinery-cum-petrochemicals project at Vizag in Andhra Pradesh, Hindustan Petroleum Corp (HPCL) is in talks with BP Plc and Total SA of France.