As India expands its global trade footprint and modernises its logistics infrastructure, the country’s major ports have recorded an impressive 4.3 per cent annual growth in cargo handling, increasing from 819 million tonnes (MT) in FY 2023-24 to 855 MT in FY 2024-25. This growth was driven by higher container throughput (10 per cent), fertiliser...
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Tag: Petroleum
IOCL plans Rs 840 cr investment in greenfield facility in Northeast
The company to expand its POL capacities to over 5k mtpa by 2030
Paradip Port expansion to boost PCPIR
The stake of the proposed Petroleum, Chemical and Petrochemical Investment Regions (PCPIR) is most likely to improve with the expansion plans of the Paradip Port.
Post Budget Analysis | OIL & GAS
Provision of revenue expenditure/subsidy for sensitive petroleum products of ~Rs 217 billion for FY2019 and 2018v19 (BE), excluding allocation of new LPG connections to poor families.
India Needs to be Realistic on the Exploration Front
Speaking exclusively to INFRASTRUCTURE TODAY, Prof Kirit Parikh, Chairman Integrated Research and Action for Development (IRADe) and author of the seminal report on pricing methodology for diesel, domestic LPG and PDS, believes that though the federal dispensation is presently offering lucrative terms to investors in the oil and gas sector, it must also ensure that those commitments are adhered to.
Coal gas can help lower import bill by $10 billion in 5 years
Domestic coal gas can be used as a feedstock for producing urea and other chemicals that can help reduce the country's import bill by $10 billion in five years and cut carbon emissions, a top official has said.
Centre agrees to pay Rs 6,320 crore as oil royalty to Assam
The Centre has agreed to pay Rs 6,320 crore to the Assam government as crude oil royalty as part of an out-of-court settlement after eight years of protracted legal battle.
2017 | A riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma
Every new year brings with it a new glimmer of hope, new growth opportunities for our economy, new possibilities of jobs, and positive expectations in the minds of everybody. But rarely does a new year bring with it so much suspense, so much enigma and therefore, so many imponderables, as it is doing in the year 2017.
Centre takes initiatives to boost oil & gas production
The Minister of State (I/C) for Petroleum & Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan has informed the Lok Sabha that the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas has signed MoUs (Memorandums of Understanding) with Oil & Gas CPSEs (Central Public Sector Enterprises) to enhance production of oil and gas for meeting domestic demand' Under this agreement, the CPSEs have undertaken to achieve the targets set in the agreement at the beginning of the year.
Strategic Petroleum Reserves created at 3 locations
Minister of State (I/C) for Petroleum & Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan has informed the Rajya Sabha in a written reply that under the Strategic Petroleum Reserve project Phase-I, underground rock caverns for storage of 5.33 MMT of crude oil at three locations, viz. Vishakhapatnam (1.33 MMT), Mangalore (1.50 MMT) and Padur (2.5 MMT) have been created.






