In a move that may increase crude oil production of ONGC, the state-owned oil explorer's overseas arm ONGC Videsh (OVL) began production from its Carabobo oilfield in Venezuela oil-rich Orinoco Belt. The asset is operated by a joint venture firm Petrocarabobo, set up in Venezuela in June 2010 in which OVL has 11 percent stake. Oil India and Indian Oil Corp
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IOC not in favour of govt proposal
State-run fuel retailer IndianOil Corporation (IOC) is not in favour of the government's suggestion to merge the pipelines and aviation assets of all the three public sector oil marketing companies (OMCs). IOC does not like the the government interfering in these matters since these are commercial decisions. A top o
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IOC says Paradip project attains 90% progress
MM Vijaywargiya, Executive Director of Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) informed reporters that the Paradip Refinery Project (PDRP) achieved about 90 per cent progress so far and is expected to be commissioned in phases from September, 2013. Once commissioned, the refinery could produce 5.97 mn t diesel, 3.4 mn t petrol, 1.45 mn t kerosene, 536,
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IOC takes steps to weed out illegal customers
Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) is taking some stringent measures to weed out illegal customers of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) or cooking gas in Gujarat. As part of these measures, the state-run oil marketing firm decided to block 4.7 lakh LPG consumer connections in the state for two reasons
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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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IOC to commission Paradip project in 2013
Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) expects to commission its 15-million-tonne Paradip refinery project in the second half of 2013. Meanwhile, the company has installed the world's largest coke drum on November 15 at the Paradip refinery site. The drum weighs 630 million tonne (mn t) and is 45.52 metre in height and 10.67 meter diameter.
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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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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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KPT to set up oil jetty
Kandla Port Trust (KPT) plans to set up a Rs 233 crore oil jetty on build, operate, transfer (BOT) basis under public private partnership (PPP) mode.
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O&G Pipeline Security: Shouldn't the new Bill herald a new approach?
As pipelines face threats of protests, sabotage and even potential terror attacks, a new Bill seeks to make punitive clauses more stringent in pilferage and tampering of O&G pipelines.