Getting more than 2,000 acres of land around the refinery site will be a challenge: Odisha govt
Odisha pollution control board has accorded its consent to Indian Oil Corporation Ltd for laying of underground cross country pipeline of 1150 kilometer length from the latter's Pardip refinery to Hyderabad.The consent is given for the 330 kilometer length of the pipeline passing through Odisha. The pipeline will be used for transportation of petroleum products like high speed diesel, motor spirit, superior kerosene oil, aviation turbine fuel of 4.5 million tonne per annum. The cost of the project to lay the stretch of the pipeline in the state is pegged at Rs 983 crore." The proponent shall obtain consent to establish from Andhra Pradesh and Telengana pollution control board for laying rest of pipe line segment in Andhra Pradesh and Telengana", the pollution control watchdog said.The approval for the project is valid for five years. With the approval, the project proponent has to commence construction of the project within five years." If the proponent fails to do substantial ...
State-owned Indian Oil Corp (IOC) today said its board has approved Rs 15,034 crore investment to expand its Gujarat refinery by 2022. Expansion of capacity of refinery at Vadodara from existing 13.7 million tons to 18 million tons would "help meet the growing demand for products in the region," the company said in a statement. The project involves replacing some of decades-old units that being old in design and small in capacity were no longer energy-efficient. IOC Chairman Sanjiv Singh said the new refinery configuration proposed will take into account the likely disruptions in the fuel supply-demand scenario in the future and will have built-in flexibility in its operations for strong integration with downstream petrochemical units. "Gujarat Refinery, which went on stream in October 1965 as a one million tons per annum unit, heralded India's capabilities to build refineries on its own. In the same vein, we are now proposing to incorporate IOC's own R&D technologies for .
India imports about 80% of its oil requirements as its local production hasn't increased for decades
Indian Oil is regularly conducting awareness sessions with dealers on daily price revision
Singh replaces B Ashok, who superannuated from the services of the company on May 31
ONGC Videsh Ltd, which is also among the interested firms, may get a 26% stake in the 3 oilfields
Reliance Industries continued as the most profitable firm, posting a net Rs 29,901 cr in the fiscal
Continuing its capex plan, Indian Oil Corporation said that it will invest around Rs 20,000 crore in 2017-18. Plans to expand overseas and looking for acquisition.B Ashok, chairman, IOC said that the company always believed that we have to be ahead of the demand. Supply position has to be ahead of demand for which additional refineries, expanding capacities, building pipelines etc have been aggressive. Last year also, IOC has invested close to Rs 20,000 crore, including around Rs 16,000 crore in various projects in India and on acquisition for upstream in Russia. "During the current year also we expect to spend around Rs 20,000 crore in terms of investment. We have not reduced our investments," said Ashok.It may be noted, between 2012-17 IOC planned investment of around Rs 56,200 crore but ended up investing in around Rs 75,000 crore.All the investments are in refinery expansion, upgradation of quality of refineries, building new pipelines, getting more aggressive in petrochemical ...
The stock hit a lifetime high of Rs 418, up 2.3% on the BSE in intra-day trade.
The state-run major currently holds about 52 per cent stake in the company
This, in order to make the refinery viable
Income from operations up 19% to Rs 1,15,645 cr; average GRM at $7.67 a barrel, vs $5.96 a year ago
The stock was up nearly 4% to Rs 606, also its record high on the BSE.
Indian Oil and USTDA will analyse options for optimising its refining options to produce cleaner fuels
Product basket includes high speed diesel (37.5%), motor spirit (25.3%), kerosene/ATF (13%), LPG (5.2%), pet coke (8.1%) and sulphur (1.8%)