Air Products, a world leader in industrial gases, on Wednesday said it has signed a long term supply agreement with the state-owned Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL).
The firm imports crude for itself and on behalf of its Chennai Petroleum subsidiary
Urals crude has been purchased from trader Vitol on delivered basis at a "discount", they said
Dual diesel rates will be distortionary
Sales of gasoil, which account for about two-fifths of India's overall refined fuel consumption, are directly linked to industrial activity in Asia's third-largest economy
Power Minister Gamini Lokuge said that the talks with the Indian Oil Corporation's local entity would be held for a solution to the fuel crisis
The island nation is facing dwindling foreign exchange reserves and has nearly $4.5 billion worth of debt repayments in 2022, prompting it to look at innovative ways to bring in foreign exchange
Leading MoUs were those from chemical, electrical equipment and PSU majors like Kiri Industries, Meghmani Organics and Meghmani Finechem, Borosil Renewables, and Indian Oil
Announcement follows PM Narendra Modi's goal for India to be net zero by 2070; green hydrogen to also be a part of IOC's soon-to-be-revealed new zero plan
The company said that the service is meant for customers seeking diesel in quantities as low as 20 litres
The firm is India's largest fuel refiner and retailer
Haldia refinery has two crude and vacuum distillation units.
Tata Motors on Wednesday said it has bagged an order for 15 hydrogen-based fuel cell buses from the Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL).
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
Officials say service to be rolled out in a few months
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 .
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
BPCL has around 73 million LPG consumers, while Indian Oil has 134 million and HPCL around 78 million
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
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