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Bauxite shortage to halt operation in Lanjigarh refinery

Bauxite shortage to halt operation in Lanjigarh refinery

Media reports quoted a top executive of Vedanta Aluminium (VAL) as saying that the company is forced to shut down its one-million-tonne (mn t) alumina refinery in Odisha because of shortage of bauxite. The company had issued a three-month advance notice in September to close the refinery, as it had no bauxite stock to run the plant beyond the deadline. Meanwhile, the state steel & mines Minister Rajani Kant Singh

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Bauxite shortage to halt operation in Lanjigarh refinery

Bauxite shortage to halt operation in Lanjigarh refinery

Media reports quoted a top executive of Vedanta Aluminium (VAL) as saying that the company is forced to shut down its one-million-tonne (mn t) alumina refinery in Odisha because of shortage of bauxite. The company had issued a three-month advance notice in September to close the refinery, as it had no bauxite stock to run the plant beyond the deadline. Meanwhile, the state steel & mines Minister Rajani Kant Singh

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Refining capacity of BPCL may rise

Refining capacity of BPCL may rise

Reports indicate that the refining capacity of downstream oil company Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) may rise to 40 mn t by 2015. Recently, the company commissioned a six-mn t refinery in Bina, Madhya Pradesh, while gradually increasing the capacity of its Mumbai facility to 12 mn t. The company is in the process of raising the capacity of its K

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IOC to commission Paradip project in 2013

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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HPCL to expedite Rajasthan project

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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Indian firms imported 85.9 mn t oil till Sep

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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Essar Oil raises refinery capacity

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

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HPCL mulls 9 mn t refinery at Barmer

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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More oil from Bahrain

More oil from Bahrain

Bahrain plans to augment the export of crude oil and finished products to India. In return, the country plans to benefit from the expertise of Indian manpower in the oil and gas sector.

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IOC to set up refinery

IOC to set up refinery

Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) is considering setting up its eighth refinery in a western-coast state by 2021-22.