Gandhinagar, May 25 (IANS) Public sector oil marketing companies have recorded a monthly sales growth rate of over 80 per cent, according to representatives cited by the Department of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, as Gujarat continues to experience brief and localised fuel availability pressures attributed largely to panic buying and rapid stock turnover at petrol pumps. On Monday, the department said the surge in sales has coincided with a situation in which fuel arriving at statio…
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New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) India’s push towards ethanol blending and renewable energy is helping reduce the country’s dependence on imported crude oil, Krishnakumar Gopalan, former Chairman and Managing Director of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited said on Monday.Speaking to IANS, he said the government had realised early the need for an energy transition and has been working closely with oil companies to reduce vulnerabilities arising from high crude imports.Speaking about India’s fuel s…
New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) Amid concerns over fuel availability in some areas, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited Former Marketing Director Sukhmal Kumar Jain on Sunday said there is no shortage of petrol or diesel in the country, adding that public sector oil marketing companies are fully managing fuel consumption and supply.Speaking exclusive to IANS, Jain said that public sector oil marketing companies (OMCs) operate around 85,000 retail outlets out of the nearly one lakh fuel stations across…
New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) Amid concerns over fuel availability in some areas, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited Marketing Director Sukhmal Kumar Jain on Sunday said there is no shortage of petrol or diesel in the country, adding that public sector oil marketing companies are fully managing fuel consumption and supply.Speaking exclusive to IANS, Jain said that public sector oil marketing companies (OMCs) operate around 85,000 retail outlets out of the nearly one lakh fuel stations across the co…
Mumbai, May 23 (IANS) Youths from different parts of Maharashtra expressed their gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi after receiving appointment letters at the 19th Rozgar Mela. They mentioned that the opportunity comes as “hope amid uncertainty” in their lives.Shweta Kamble, who joined Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), told IANS that for people like her, the appointments came as a “hope amid uncertainty”.”My family became emotional after I received the appointment letter. This …
Jaipur, May 21 (IANS) The issue of alleged restrictions on the sale of petrol and diesel has reached the Rajasthan High Court, with the Petroleum Dealers Distributors Transporters Welfare Association challenging what it termed as arbitrary actions by public sector oil companies. A civil writ petition filed by the association came up for hearing before the bench of Justice Mukesh Rajpurohit at the Jodhpur Bench of the Rajasthan High Court.The court has fixed May 25 for the next hearing in the mat…
Jaipur, May 19 (IANS) Public sector oil marketing companies, Indian Oil Corporation Limited, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited, and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited are ensuring an uninterrupted supply of petrol and diesel across Rajasthan, officials said on Tuesday. According to the Department of Food and Civil Supplies, sufficient petroleum product reserves are available in the state, and the supply chain has been continuously strengthened to meet consumer demand.Adequate stocks of p…
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) State-run oil marketing companies on Tuesday raised petrol and diesel prices for the second time in less than a week amid soaring global crude oil prices.Following the latest revision, petrol became costlier by 86 paise per litre and diesel by 83 paise per litre.In the national capital, petrol prices rose to Rs 98.64 per litre, while diesel prices increased to Rs 91.58 per litre.The increase comes days after oil firms raised petrol and diesel prices by Rs 3 per litre on …
New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) More than 1.72 crore domestic liquefied petroleum gas cylinders were delivered during the last four days, against bookings of around 1.69 crore cylinders, as the supply of cooking gas remains normal with no dry-outs reported at retail distributorships despite supply chain disruptions due to the Middle East conflict, according to an update issued by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas on Monday. Online liquefied petroleum gas cylinder bookings increased to about 99 …
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) India’s “theoretical compressed biogas production capacity is estimated at 62 million metric tonnes annually”, but current output remains below 1 per cent of that potential, leaving a massive untapped domestic energy opportunity that could attract nearly Rs 1 lakh crore of investments, a report said on Tuesday.The report from fintech platform smallcase said agricultural residue, cattle waste, municipal solid waste and industrial byproducts are increasingly being vi…