New Delhi, Jan 23 (IANS) The ‘India Energy Week 2026’ (IEW 2026) will serve as a platform for concrete business outcomes, with several major agreements and memoranda of understanding proposed to be signed during the event in Goa from January 27-30, Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Friday.The minister said that a series of key side events and roundtables will be organised alongside the main conference. These include the 9th Prime Minister’s Roundtable, whe…
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New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Hardeep Singh Puri, on Wednesday said that recent legislative, regulatory, and policy reforms mark a landmark and progressive transformation of India’s upstream sector.He underscored that these reforms, coupled with data-led exploration initiatives, have unlocked extensive investment opportunities, particularly in India’s offshore and frontier areas.The minister, in his virtual address during the upstream-focused engagements in…
New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri announced on Wednesday that in a major development, India’s oil companies have struck oil in an onshore hydrocarbon block in Abu Dhabi. The discovery was made by Urja Bharat PTE Ltd (UBPL), a 50:50 JV between India’s energy Maharatna Indian Oil Corporation and Bharat PetroResources Ltd (BPCL). The successful discovery of light crude oil in both the Shilaif play (XN 76) and the Habshan reservoir (XN 79 02S) mark…
New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Sunday said that government schemes under Prime Minister Narendra Modi have transformed India’s development journey by shifting the focus from women-centred welfare to women-led growth, ensuring dignity, security and greater participation of women in nation-building.Puri was speaking after an interaction with professionals, industry leaders, academicians, entrepreneurs and students at the ‘Professionals Connect 2026’ conclave or…
New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri said on Saturday that India’s energy planning is being tested and validated in real‑world conditions as infrastructure and services scale up rapidly across the country.In a social media post on the X platform, Puri said India’s natural gas pipeline length has nearly doubled from 15,000 km in 2014 to 25,429 km today, with 33,475 km planned, proving “preparation is ahead of demand.”The minister said that “…
New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Thursday that India’s democracy benefits by criticism, but not by motivated fatalism by some “experts,” who seem more guided by their politics rather than academic rigour.“As we step into 2026, public debate in India should begin with a little New Year discipline, not by packaging insinuations, assumptions and shoot and scoot assertions as economic analysis,” the minister observed in a post on X.He further stated that in…
New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Tuesday that as many as 10.41 crore LPG connections have already been provided for the supply of subsidised cooking gas to poor families under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana as the government steadily progresses to achieve its target of covering 10.6 crore families under the scheme.Puri further stated that the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana has succeeded in building a nationwide system that delivers clean coo…
New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that the HPCL’s Residue Upgradation Facility (RUF) at the Visakh refinery in Andhra Pradesh adds momentum to our efforts towards boosting energy security.In an X post, PM Modi said that the “state-of-the-art facility adds momentum to our efforts towards boosting energy security, thus becoming Aatmanirbhar in this sector”.According to Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Hardeep Singh Puri, Bharat’s journey towa…
Amaravati, Jan 5 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu said on Monday that the state achieved another major milestone for Atmanirbhar Bharat with the successful commissioning of state-owned Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited’s Residue Upgradation Facility at Visakhapatnam Refinery.“Andhra Pradesh anchors another major milestone for Aatmanirbhar Bharat. As part of the three-stage Visakh Refinery Modernisation Project (VRMP), the refinery now hosts a new Residue Upgrad…
New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Hardeep Singh Puri, on Saturday said that India’s compressed bio‑gas and household energy infrastructure now has 132 compressed biogas plants, producing 920 tonnes per day (TPD).“What was once waste is now powering progress. India has 132 Compressed Bio Gas plants producing 920 TPD today, with more capacity coming up under Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation (SATAT). Turning farm and organic waste i…