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Indian Oil board gives nod for subsidiary to set up Rs 29,000 cr refinery

The 9 MMTPA (Million Metric Tonne Per Annum) refinery will be built at Nagappattinam, with a Polypropylene unit to start with and facility to process crude oil

Indian Oil plans Tatkal LPG Seva to deliver cylinders on day of booking

Officials say service to be rolled out in a few months

Pradhan flags off equipment for Indian Oil's MEG Plant at Paradip

Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday flagged off from L&T's Hazira plant in Surat district critical components bound for Indian Oil's MEG (mono-ethylene glycol) plant coming up at the refinery-cum-petrochemical complex at Paradip in Odisha. During his visit to Surat in Gujarat, the minister flagged off the equipment from the engineering and construction giant Larsen & Toubro's Hazira plant. "Flagged-off indigenously manufactured critical components from L&Ts Hazira manufacturing facility to @IndianOilcls MEG (mono-ethylene glycol) plant coming up at the refinery-cum- petrochemical complex at Paradip in Odisha," Pradhan tweeted after the visit. In a series of tweets, the Union Minister said the delivery of three super critical equipment -- Ethylene Oxide Reactor, Wash Tower and De-ethyleniser -- "will be a significant stride in the commissioning of the MEG project at Paradip refinery" and will help reduce MEG imports and also enhance the competitiveness of .

Petrol consumption up 4.5 per cent, diesel down 7.3 per cent in November

The Indian basket crude oil touched $47.41 a barrel on November 26 as against average crude oil prices of $41 a barrel in the first fortnight of November this year

Govt may give 'divested' PSU status to BPCL to save LPG customers' subsidy

BPCL has around 73 million LPG consumers, while Indian Oil has 134 million and HPCL around 78 million

Expecting demand bump in festive season, oil companies ramp up refining

Indian Oil Corp., the nation's top processor, is currently operating its refineries at an average rate of 86% of capacity, compared with 66.7% in August

IOC mulls deferring expansion of projects to sync them with demand

In an interview, Vaidya said oil demand in India has not been destructed but only deferred and Indian Oil Corp (IOC) was also betting big on petrochemicals to hedge fuel shocks

With fuel demand falling, Indian Oil bets on plastics to cushion the blow

While there is consumer and govt pressure across the world to reduce the use of plastics, processors in Asia are building or planning petrochemical plants with demand for transport fuels set to ease

IOC to invest Rs 17,825 cr in Gujarat refinery expansion, petchem project

IOCL net profit fell 47% annually to Rs 1,910.8 crore in the quarter ended June 30, mainly due to inventory losses stemming from fluctuations in global oil prices

IOC bets big on petrochemicals, forward integration into textile biz

Petrochemical presents a big opportunity in India as the per capita consumption still remains very low

EAC reviews Chennai Petroleum Corp's 9.0 MMTPA project in Tamil Nadu

The project would be an integrated state-of-the art modern refinery cum petrochemical complex, including a propylene unit to start with, Vaidya said

What Saudi Aramco's cut in capex could mean for mega deals in India

The oil producer is a JV partner with Indian state-run oil refiners to set up a mega refinery, and also plans to pick a stake in RIL's O2C business

IOC, French firm Total join hands for bitumen production and marketing

Form equal JV to set up six greenfield plants in the first four years at an investment of Rs 226 cr; Total is leading bitumen player in Europe

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

Oil marketing companies invite start-ups to deliver diesel at doorstep

The OMCs - Indian Oil, Bharat Petroleum Corporation, and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation - have invited expressions of interest (EoIs) from start-ups that wish to be enrolled as FuelEnts.

Indian Oil's 300,000 bpd east coast refinery to be shut for 3 weeks

"The Indian Oil refinery in Paradip will remain shut from July 25 to August 15 for maintenance," said Sangram Keshari Mohapatra, the top bureaucrat in the district of Jagatsinghpur

IndianOil reports Rs 17,318 cr loss in Q4FY20 on inventory, demand issues

The company said due to Covid-19 and changes in the oil market scenario there was a significant fall in oil prices which led to a write down of Rs 6,855 crore in valuation of inventories below cost

HPCL, BPCL, Indian Oil poised for gains with oil prices at 18-year low

HPCL, with higher proportion of retail sales, may benefit more from improvement in marketing margins

Coronavirus impact: BPCL snaps up 500 mn barrels of distress crude

Meanwhile BPCL has been the biggest customer of US crude since the last two years, when that country lifted the ban on exporting crude for the first in decades

IOCL's Mathura refinery starts producing 100% BS-VI fuel ahead of deadline

IOCL Mathura Refinery has achieved the distinction of becoming first refinery in the country to supply BS-VI compliant fuels, containing less than 10 ppm sulphur with existing units.