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India to end central control of gas prices, lift LNG transport use
India is expanding infrastructure including building new LNG import plants and connecting households with an expanding gas pipe network
Fuel demand improves sharply in June as lockdown restrictions ease
Fuel consumption at 14.65 million tonnes in May was 47.4 per cent higher than April but 23.3 per cent lower than a year earlier
SC declines Oil Min request to stay sharing of documents on Reliance penalty
Reliance holds 66.6 per cent interest in block KG-DWN-98/3 or KG-D6 in the Bay of Bengal.
Centre to provide CNG, PNG infrastructure in 406 districts: Pradhan
According to Pradhan, after expanding these facilities, 70 per cent population will get clean energy.
Govt move to unlock ONGC, OIL gas
Govt's plan to offer PSUs special incentives for natural gas discoveries in difficult, unviable areas will raise natural gas production.
No going back on fuel price deregulation: Oil Minister Pradhan
The combination of high international oil prices and a depreciating rupee has made imports costlier.
Two Indian companies to buy Iranian oil in November: Oil Minister Pradhan
India, the world’s third-biggest oil importer, will buy 9 million barrels of Iranian oil in November.
5,000 bio-gas plants at Rs 1.75 lakh cr investment in offing: Pradhan
Pradhan announced that state-owned fuel marketing companies will purchase all the bio-gas from these plants.
Govt raises ethanol price for blending in petrol by 25 per cent
Diverting sugarcane juice for directly making ethanol, which can be doped in petrol, is common across the major sugar producing nations.
Indian Oil Corp signs up US crude in first ever term-tender deal
The sanctions, which would come into force from November 4, are likely to block current payment routes used to pay for Iranian imports.