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India's refinery throughput stays firm with strong recovery in sight

Crude oil throughput in January was however down 0.5% year-on-year to 5.13 mn barrels per day (21.71 mn tonnes), govt data showed.

Rajasthan CM Gehlot seeks Centre's help for Barmer refinery project

Gehlot also thanked the Centre for giving approval to open a millet research centre in Barmer

NRL's capacity expansion cost escalates by Rs 5,432 crore

Numaligarh Refinery Ltd (NRL) on Wednesday said the cost of its capacity expansion project has escalated by Rs 5,432 crore to Rs 28,026 crore due to adoption of advanced technology. In an official release, the largest PSU refiner in the northeast said the Union Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas has already approved the revised project cost for increasing capacity from 3 million metric tonnes per annum to 9 MMTPA. "With adoption of state-of-the-art technology in this configuration and addition of extremely complex schemes like residue hydrocracking, the refinery will be able to process heavier crude oil and maximize production of distillates. "This adoption of technology led to an increase in the project cost from Rs 22,594 crore to Rs 28,026 crore," it added. The initial planned configuration of the upcoming 6-MMTPA unit has been improved to make it petrochemical ready, focusing on upgradation of refinery residue by using new technology, NRL said. "In the intervening period ...

Godavari Biorefineries files paperwork with Sebi for an IPO

The IPO comprises fresh issuance of equity shares worth Rs 370 crore and an offer of sale (OFS) of 65,58,278 equity shares by promoters and investors, the draft red herring prospectus (DRHP) showed.

Covid-19: BPCL to supply medical oxygen to Kerala from Kochi Refinery

State-owned Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) on Thursday said it will supply medical oxygen to Kerala from its Kochi Refinery to meet shortage of the same for critical patients of COVID-19.

BPCL plans to restart 200,000 bpd Kochi refinery unit by end-July

The shutdown of the crude unit and some secondary units at Kochi started earlier this month

India's natural gas output falls 18.6% in April due to Covid-19 lockdown

India's crude oil production fell 6.35 per cent to 2.5 million tonnes in April for the same reason

Vedanta to ramp up production in Odisha's Lanjigarh alumina refinery

Total alumina production in FY20 seen at 1.8 million tonne from 1.5 million tonne in the previous fiscal

IOC reports 47% drop in Q1 net profit after refinery margins slump

IOC reported a consolidated net profit of Rs 3,737.50 crore, or Rs 4.07 per share in April-June quarter this year, as compared to a net profit of Rs 7,092.42 crore, or Rs 7.48 a share, a year ago

NRL to use IOCL's crude oil handling facility at Paradip Port for expansion

Numaligarh Refinery is planning to expand the capacity of its refinery from 3 MMTPA to 9 MMTPA

BHEL commissions 93 MW power plant at Hazira for RIL

The captive power plants (CPPs), being set up by BHEL, will meet the power requirements of Reliance Industries' refinery projects at Hazira and Dahej

Centre, Maharashtra agree on mega refinery in Konkan region

MIDC will complete 15,000 acres of land in Guhagar and hand it over to SPV

Govt forms panel to boost country's refining capacity through 2040

The idea behind the move is to align country's energy portfolio with changing trends in favour of a diversified fuel mix