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Merger of ONGC and OIL worth deliberating: Dharmendra Pradhan

The merger of state-owned oil firms could create synergy and boost efficiency, and the idea is worth deliberating, said petroleum and natural gas minister Dharmendra Pradhan. The ide

Policy initiatives taken to enhance oil and gas production

 The government has taken several policy initiatives as well as administrative measures to enhance production of oil and gas in the country to meet domestic demand, minister of state (I/C) for

Pradhan asks OMCs to expedite allotment of outlets to SC, ST candidates

After finding oil marketing companies (OMCs) lagging behind in meeting their targets, petroleum minister, Dharmendra Pradhan has asked OMCs to step up efforts to allot more retail outlets (ROs) t

Nearly three-fold rise in digital transactions at fuel outlets

Minister of state for petroleum, Dharmendra Pradhan has claimed that daily cashless transactions at fuel retail outlets have increased from Rs 150 crores per day to Rs 400 crores per day, following

Petro-products home delivery isn’t a new idea

A plan to home-deliver petroleum products may look like an out-of-the-box idea, but it is not exactly a new one. Petroleum minister Dharmendra Pradhan tweeted: “Options being e

UP petrol pumps to be re-examined

 Days after the Uttar Pradesh police detected that some fuel outlets were tampering with the fuel calibration system, oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan said that all fuel stations in the Uttar P

Over 2.20 cr LPG connections distributed under Ujjwala

Minister of state for petroleum and natural gas, Dharmendra Pradhan said that over 2.20 crore cooking gas connections have been given in the first year of the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY).

Oil minister meets Odisha CM over IOCL impasse

 In order to resolve a tax-dispute between Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) and government of Odisha, a meeting was held between minister of state (I/C) for petroleum & natural gas Dh

Myanmar gets diesel from India

 The first consignment of 30 metric tonnes (MT) of high speed diesel (HSD) was sent from India to Myanmar by land route.  Numaligarh Refinery Ltd. (NRL), which has been supplyin

Bhubaneswar gets PNG supply

 Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) has commenced the supply of environment-friendly piped natural gas (PNG) to 255 houses in Bhubaneswar. Minister for petroleum and natural gas and skill d

Oil PSUs create corpus of Rs 320 crore to support start-ups

 Ten public sector undertakings of ministry of petroleum and natural gas, including IOCL, ONGC, EIL, OIL, NRL, BPCL, HPCL, GAIL and MRPL, have created a corpus of Rs 320 crore to support start

IOCL, IDCO ink pact to set up plastic park at Paradip

Minister for petroleum and natural gas, skill development & entrepreneurship Dharmendra Pradhan has lauded the state run Indian Oil Corporation and IDCO (Industrial Development Corporation of O

Petroleum minister urges Odisha to allocate land for bio-refinery

Minister of petroleum & natural gas, skill development and entrepreneurship Dharmendra Pradhan has asked Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik to allocate land for setting upan ethanol bio-refin

Oil discovered near Mumbai High Field

Oil has been discovered from a well near Mumbai High field, parliament was informed. Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan said that Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) Limited has recentl

IOCL launches Octamax unit at Mathura refinery

Indian Oil Corporation has successfully commissioned Octamax Unit at its Mathura refinery by using state-of-the-art refining technologies developed by its own R&D centre.  

Surging oil prices worry India, says Pradhan in OPEC meet

Minister of petroleum and natural gas Dharmendra Pradhan has said the fragile world economic growth will be at threat if the crude oil prices continue to surge. He said surging oil prices

Online portal for carrier capacity booking on GAIL’s pipelines unveiled

To facilitate gas trading on hub or exchange traded platforms in India, minister for petroleum and natural gas Dharmendra Pradhan recently unveiled an online portal to enable easy, efficient and tr

Oil minister urges entrepreneurs to invest in Odisha

Aiming at drawing heavy investments in Odisha, a Textiles and Plastics Investors Conclave was inaugurated by union minister for petroleum and natural gas Dharmendra Pradhan in Surat. &nbs

Academic session for first batch at ICT - IOCL Bhubaneswar campus inaugurated

Petroleum minister Dharmendra Pradhan has inaugurated the academic session of the first batch of five-year integrated M Tech course in chemical engineering at the Institute of Chemical Technology (

Oil minister dedicates three ONGC projects in Assam

Minister of petroleum and natural gas and skill development and entrepreneurship Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurated three mega projects of ONGC in Assam. Along with two engineering projects of ONGC rel

Why petrol-diesel prices are high: Read this book to find the answer

Unfilled Barrels: India’s Oil Story By Richa Mishra Bloomsbury, 200 pages, Rs 699 Over the past month or so, the oil prices are on

Visionary Talk: Amitabh Gupta, Pune Police Commissioner with Kailashnath Adhikari, MD, Governance Now


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