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India's 11th city gas bidding round to be launched soon, says Pradhan

The 11th bid round is being planned around a new pipeline being constructed from Angul in Odisha to Mumbai in Maharashtra to ferry natural gas between the east and west coast

5 Petroleum and Gas PSUs to join International Solar Alliance: Pradhan

Five Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) under Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry will be joining International Solar Alliance (ISA)'s Coalition for Sustainable Climate Action (ISA-CSCA) as Corporate Partners and will be contributing to ISA's Corpus Fund, said Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas on Tuesday.In his inaugural speech at the First World Solar Technology Summit organized by ISA, Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan said that Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC), Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) and GAIL (India) Limited will be contributing to ISA's Corpus Fund.According to a press statement, Pradhan said that increasingly and rightly so, Indian Oil & Gas companies are actively taking part in this clean energy transition. "In order to reduce carbon footprint, these companies will be focusing more on green energy investments such as ...

Restart Shramik Special trains from Odisha: Pradhan to rail minister

Pradhan has written to Piyush Goyal requesting him to restart Shramik Special trains from Odisha to ferry migrant workers back to their workplace in states like Gujarat, Karnataka and Maharashtra

Pradhan discusses with CHT officials about innovation in oil and gas ops

Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday held a meeting with officials of the Centre for High Technology (CHT) to discuss the adoption of best practices and promotion of Research Development and innovation in oil and gas operations."Held a meeting with officials of Centre for High Technology to discuss the adoption of best practices and promotion of R & D and innovation in our oil and gas operations to achieve continuous improvement in performance, processes and energy efficiency," Pradhan said in a tweet attaching the pictures of his video-conferencing meeting with officials.Centre for High Technology (CHT) was established as a dedicated technology cell of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas in 1987 to assess futuristic requirements, acquire, develop and adopt technologies in the fields of refinery processes, petroleum products, work relating to the modernisation of technologies.

State-run oil and gas firms set to invest Rs 1.62 trillion this year

At present, the sector is seeing work on 8,363 projects with an anticipated cost of Rs 5.88 trillion.

Help govt in providing low-cost homes for migrants: Pradhan to steel firms

Pradhan said the government has set a target of providing 100,000 such houses, but the industry should build many more steel-intensive, low-cost houses, which will be a model for others to emulate

Pradhan asks steel industry to hike spending to boost consumption, jobs

Union Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan asked the industry stakeholders to prepare a plan to enhance investment that will boost steel consumption and create new job opportunities in the country

Oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan tests Covid positive, admitted to Medanta

In a tweet, Pradhan said he has been admitted to hospital after testing positive of Covid-19

Naveen Patnaik, Dharmendra Pradhan condole SP leader Amar Singh's death

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and Union ministers Dharmendra Pradhan and Pratap Sarangi on Saturday condoled the death of Rajya Sabha MP and former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh. "Deeply saddened to learn about the passing away of veteran leader & Rajya Sabha MP #AmarSingh. My thoughts & prayers are with the bereaved family. May his soul rest in peace," Patnaik tweeted. Union Petroleum and Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan described Singh as a seasoned politician. "Saddened to learn about the passing away of seasoned politician and Rajya Sabha MP, Shri Amar Singh ji. My deepest condolences to his family and friends in their hour of grief. May God grant eternal peace to the departed soul. Om Shanti!," Pradhan tweeted. Union Minister of State for MSME, Pratap Sarangi, said Singh was a mass leader loved by people. "Grieved to learn the passing away of Shri Amar Singh ji, a veteran former Parliamentarian and Rajya Sabha MP. He was a mass leader who earned ..

Pradhan urges for inauguration of Haridaspur Rail line in presence of PM

he Paradip-Haridaspur new rail Line project has recently reached its final stage of completion

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

India signs MoU to develop strategic petroleum reserve in America

The two countries are in advanced stage of discussion to store crude oil in America to increase India's stockpile

Pradhan says pipeline tariff rationalisation, gas pricing freedom on anvil

The present zonal tariff structure, he said, results in additive tariffs for usage of multiple pipelines to transport natural gas from distant gas supply sources

FinMin told to levy tax on imported goods to boost local products: Pradhan

The proposed Border Adjustment Tax would be imposed on imported goods in addition to customs duty to bring the imported product at par with locally-made products.

Centre profiteering from price hike, says Sonia; Pradhan rebuts charges

Pradhan, however, said Congress-ruled states were equally responsible for an overall rise in oil prices

Steel imports worth Rs 20,000 cr avoided due to DMISP policy: Pradhan

Domestically manufactured iron and steel products (DMISP) policy was launched in 2017 and has helped India avoid steel imports worth over Rs 20,000 crore

Pradhan urges all industry stakeholders to use domestically produced steel

The minister further said there are many sectors which still do not use domestically produced steel due to various reasons.

Central transmission utility hived off from Power Grid Corporation

Power Grid, as a CTU, is responsible for the wheeling of power generatedby power producers and involved in planning transmission systems and operations.

GAIL, Adani, Petronet LNG join IGX; gas price of $4.07 per unit discovered

Launched on Monday, the platform - set up by the Indian Energy Exchange - has so far traded 100 mmBtu gas.

Refining capacity to double to 500 mt by 2030, says Dharmendra Pradhan

The country has already planned the world's largest refinery in the western coast, on which work will start soon, said Pradhan