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.
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Oil Ministry to ready road map for sector´s infra
With India´s demand for petroleum products poised to grow at more than three per cent annually and the country expected to see average annual GDP growth of 8-8.5 per cent
First cross-country pipeline to connect Bangladesh
Assam-based Numaligarh Refineries, a subsidiary of Bharat Petroleum Corporation, will shortly begin work on laying a product pipeline from Siliguri in West Bengal to Parbatipur in Bangladesh.
Majority of developing countries subsidise fuel products
A study by World Bank shows that about two-thirds of the developing countries (considered in the study) have kept domestic prices of one or more petroleum products below market-clearing levels in the past three years. It adds that with the additional burden sharing by the oil and gas companies included, fuel subsidies amount to about 2
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
Multiple pricing discourages private investment
Experts argue that the multiplicity of price points in the natural gas and petroleum sector in the country discouraged private investment.Multiplicity of price points has created market distortions in sectors such as city gas distribution, as it led to considerable differences in prices for end-consumers. There are multiple price points, depending on the source and
Essar Oil raises refinery capacity
At a presentation to analysts, Essar Oil said it
stabalised operations at its Vadinar refinery in Gujarat at an expanded capacity of 20 million tonne per annum (mn
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

