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Restart Shramik Special trains from Odisha: Pradhan to rail minister

Pradhan has written to Piyush Goyal requesting him to restart Shramik Special trains from Odisha to ferry migrant workers back to their workplace in states like Gujarat, Karnataka and Maharashtra

Pradhan discusses with CHT officials about innovation in oil and gas ops

Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday held a meeting with officials of the Centre for High Technology (CHT) to discuss the adoption of best practices and promotion of Research Development and innovation in oil and gas operations."Held a meeting with officials of Centre for High Technology to discuss the adoption of best practices and promotion of R & D and innovation in our oil and gas operations to achieve continuous improvement in performance, processes and energy efficiency," Pradhan said in a tweet attaching the pictures of his video-conferencing meeting with officials.Centre for High Technology (CHT) was established as a dedicated technology cell of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas in 1987 to assess futuristic requirements, acquire, develop and adopt technologies in the fields of refinery processes, petroleum products, work relating to the modernisation of technologies.

State-run oil and gas firms set to invest Rs 1.62 trillion this year

At present, the sector is seeing work on 8,363 projects with an anticipated cost of Rs 5.88 trillion.

Help govt in providing low-cost homes for migrants: Pradhan to steel firms

Pradhan said the government has set a target of providing 100,000 such houses, but the industry should build many more steel-intensive, low-cost houses, which will be a model for others to emulate

Pradhan asks steel industry to hike spending to boost consumption, jobs

Union Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan asked the industry stakeholders to prepare a plan to enhance investment that will boost steel consumption and create new job opportunities in the country

Oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan tests Covid positive, admitted to Medanta

In a tweet, Pradhan said he has been admitted to hospital after testing positive of Covid-19

Naveen Patnaik, Dharmendra Pradhan condole SP leader Amar Singh's death

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and Union ministers Dharmendra Pradhan and Pratap Sarangi on Saturday condoled the death of Rajya Sabha MP and former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh. "Deeply saddened to learn about the passing away of veteran leader & Rajya Sabha MP #AmarSingh. My thoughts & prayers are with the bereaved family. May his soul rest in peace," Patnaik tweeted. Union Petroleum and Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan described Singh as a seasoned politician. "Saddened to learn about the passing away of seasoned politician and Rajya Sabha MP, Shri Amar Singh ji. My deepest condolences to his family and friends in their hour of grief. May God grant eternal peace to the departed soul. Om Shanti!," Pradhan tweeted. Union Minister of State for MSME, Pratap Sarangi, said Singh was a mass leader loved by people. "Grieved to learn the passing away of Shri Amar Singh ji, a veteran former Parliamentarian and Rajya Sabha MP. He was a mass leader who earned ..

Pradhan urges for inauguration of Haridaspur Rail line in presence of PM

he Paradip-Haridaspur new rail Line project has recently reached its final stage of completion

Gas economy: Centre planning to change LNG pipeline pricing policy

The second of the two-part series talks about why zonal pricing may be on the way out

India signs MoU to develop strategic petroleum reserve in America

The two countries are in advanced stage of discussion to store crude oil in America to increase India's stockpile

Pradhan says pipeline tariff rationalisation, gas pricing freedom on anvil

The present zonal tariff structure, he said, results in additive tariffs for usage of multiple pipelines to transport natural gas from distant gas supply sources

FinMin told to levy tax on imported goods to boost local products: Pradhan

The proposed Border Adjustment Tax would be imposed on imported goods in addition to customs duty to bring the imported product at par with locally-made products.

Centre profiteering from price hike, says Sonia; Pradhan rebuts charges

Pradhan, however, said Congress-ruled states were equally responsible for an overall rise in oil prices

Steel imports worth Rs 20,000 cr avoided due to DMISP policy: Pradhan

Domestically manufactured iron and steel products (DMISP) policy was launched in 2017 and has helped India avoid steel imports worth over Rs 20,000 crore

Pradhan urges all industry stakeholders to use domestically produced steel

The minister further said there are many sectors which still do not use domestically produced steel due to various reasons.

Central transmission utility hived off from Power Grid Corporation

Power Grid, as a CTU, is responsible for the wheeling of power generatedby power producers and involved in planning transmission systems and operations.

GAIL, Adani, Petronet LNG join IGX; gas price of $4.07 per unit discovered

Launched on Monday, the platform - set up by the Indian Energy Exchange - has so far traded 100 mmBtu gas.

Refining capacity to double to 500 mt by 2030, says Dharmendra Pradhan

The country has already planned the world's largest refinery in the western coast, on which work will start soon, said Pradhan

India aims to double refining capacity to 500 MT by 2030: Pradhan

The country already has the world's largest refinery project in the West Coast of India, work on which will start soon, the minister said

India mulls doubling oil refining capacity to 450-500 mt by 2030: Pradhan

India plans to almost double its oil refining capacity to 450-500 million tonnes in the next 10 years to meet the rising domestic fuel demand as well as cater to export market, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Tuesday. Speaking at a webinar on 'Atmanirbhar Bharat: Fostering Domestic Steel Usage in Oil & Gas Sector', he said construction of a new 60 million tonnes a year west coast refinery, which is crucial to the capacity doubling plan, will start soon. "Our refining capacity will increase from about 250 million tonnes per annum now to 450-500 million tonnes in next 10 years," he said. The capacity addition will be both brownfield (expansion of existing units) and greenfield (new refineries), he said. The refining capacity of 249.9 million tonnes exceeded the fuel demand of 213.7 million tonnes in 2019-20, but the demand is likely to rise to 335 million tonnes by 2030 and 472 million tonnes by 2040. International Energy Agency (IEA) forecast that India's fuel demand will .