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Dhamendra Pradhan to launch IOC's Rs 800-cr ethanol project in Gorakhpur

The unit is proposed to be set up on 50 acres of land in the premises of the now-defunct Dhuriapar Co-operative Sugar Mill

India must expand fuel refining capacity by 80% despite EV push: Pradhan

The world's third-largest energy consumer would need a combination of cleaner diesel and petrol, compressed natural gas (CNG), biofuels and electric vehicles

India ready to move to clean and affordable fuel: Dharmendra Pradhan

Pradhan said the country's energy sector is attractive for foreign investors

ONGC discovered 230 mn tonnes of oil reserves in last 3 years: Pradhan

Pradhan said the government had constituted a committee for preparing a road map to reduce the dependency on energy imports by 10 per cent by 2021-22

Odisha govt has stalled projects worth Rs 1.36 trillion: Dharmendra Pradhan

Pradhan said the state government's apathy in awarding land and swift clearances had slowed the tempo of growth in Odisha

Will move HC against arbitration ruling that went in favour of RIL: Govt

The arbitration tribunal held that Reliance could contractually produce and sell any gas that might have migrated from adjoining fields of state-owned ONGC into its area

Govt moves Delhi HC to recover $3.8 bn from Reliance, Shell, ONGC

RIL and Shell challenged the FPA before the High Court in London

Synthetic natural gas projects to come up in Odisha's Talcher and Paradip

Synthetic natural gas is produced from coal and serves as a substitute for natural gas

GST exclusion costs oil industry Rs 200 bn input credit annually: Pradhan

However, he said, with the GST regime stabilising and apprehensions over GST collection gradually receding, "it is a matter of time petrol and diesel are brought under GST"

Govt will appeal against HC order extending Vedanta Cairn PSC: Pradhan

Delhi High Court, in its order, had directed the govt to extend the Production Sharing Contract with Vedanta for its Rajasthan block for a period of 10 years beyond the current contract term

Too early to predict sanctions impact on Iran imports: Dharmendra Pradhan

This kind of geopolitical (tension) affects both consuming and producing countries. We have to live with the reality of the present geopolitics, Pradhan said

India to seek lower oil prices from Saudi Arabia, US: Dharmendra Pradhan

Saudi Oil Minister Khalid A Al-Falih will visit India on February 23-24 while US Energy Secretary Rick Perry would be here between February 28 and March 1

In a first, 7 refineries, petrochem complexes to start operations next week

For the first time, 7 refineries and petrochemical complexes are about to begin their functions in India: Pradhan said

Asean heads to come for Republic Day parade: Pradhan

Part of plan for deeper petro ties with bloc and India in talks with Indonesia for refineries, LNG plants, says the oil minister

Speed up rollout of piped gas in North East: Dharmendra Pradhan to OMCs

The meeting was attended by ministers from Assam and Manipur, senior officials of the ministry and representatives of all North-Eastern states

Please the boss

Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan chided officials over an idea put forward by them

Govt expects $40 bn in Indian E&P in 4-5 years: Dharmendra Pradhan

We expect investments worth of $40 bn in Indian E&P in 4-5 years: Pradhan

India to send 300,000 youth to Japan for on-job training

Japan will bear the financial cost of the skill training of Indian technical interns; about 50,000 of them may also get jobs in Japan

Petroleum products to be sold on e-commerce platforms soon: Pradhan

Idea was first mooted in a meeting of the consultative committee of members of Parliament in Srinagar on April 21

Can't keep changing fuel prices on knee-jerk basis: Pradhan

Petroleum minister Dharmendra Pradhan today said that thegovernment will not ask state-run companies to absorb the price rise in petroland diesel and will stick to market driven pricing system. He added thatshifting to GST regime will be only way to have a transparent tax structure onfuel items.This came after reports suggested that government may askoil marketing companies like Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), Bharat PetroleumCorporation (BPCL) and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL) to absorb thehike in prices. The shares of BPCL, HPCL and IOC closed 6.23 per cent, 5.06 percent and 4.28 per cent down at Rs 500.35, Rs 457 and Rs 416.15, respectively atBombay Stock Exchange on Wednesday's trade. "The government has no business to interfere in theday-to-day affairs of companies. We have linked the product prices to marketand will stick to that," Pradhan said. The minister added that the globalprices will ease out very soon comforting the consumers. "A knee-jerkreaction is not required .