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Major fire breaks out at Hindustan Petroleum plant in Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam; no casualties reported
• 4 years agoThe blaze erupted at the crude distillation unit in the HPCL old terminal. An emergency siren sounded following which the employees and workers rushed out
HPCL Recruitment 2021: Applications for 200 engineer posts open at jobs.hpcl.co.in
Trendingdesk • 4 years agoThe last date to fill up the application form is 15 April. It will be a computer-based examination
Chidambaram dubs imposition of taxes on fuel as 'cruel' in times of distress; says govt must borrow to meet deficits
• 5 years agoGovernments must borrow to meet their deficits and not impose higher tax burdens when economic activity has ground to a halt amid the coronavirus pandemic, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram said on Wednesday after the Centre and the Delhi government hiked taxes on petroleum products
Oil marketing companies shares drop up to 13% post govt hikes excise duty on petrol, diesel
• 5 years agoShares of oil marketing companies -- Indian Oil Corporation Ltd, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd -- on Wednesday plunged up to 13 percent, a day after a hike in excise duty on petrol and diesel
Govt to gain Rs 1.6 lakh cr additional revenues this fiscal from record excise duty hike on petrol, diesel
• 5 years agoThe cash-strapped government will gain close to Rs 1.6 lakh crore in additional revenues this fiscal from a record increase in excise duty on petrol and diesel, that will help make up for revenue it lost in a slowing economy and shutting down of businesses due to coronavirus lockdown
Coronavirus Outbreak: Oil PSUs to re-start over Rs 42,000 cr of projects as lockdown restrictions ease
• 5 years agoState-owned oil firms will resume as many as 511 projects involving over Rs 42,000 crore of investment with immediate effect as the country partially exited from an unprecedented nationwide lockdown on Monday
Coronavirus Outbreak: Fuel sales slump 50% in first half of April; petrol down 64%, diesel 61%, ATF 94%
• 5 years agoIndia's fuel consumption slumped by a record 50 percent in April as all petroleum products except LPG saw massive demand erosion following a nationwide lockdown halted economic activity and travel
Govt plans to fill strategic petroleum reserve by third week of May; to help refineries reduce excess crude
• 5 years agoIndia plans to completely fill its strategic petroleum reserve (SPR) by the third week of May by moving about 19 million barrels into the sites by then, the managing director of the country’s SPR said on Tuesday
IOC gets first shipload of 1 million barrels crude oil from UAE to fill strategic reserves
• 5 years agoIndia is capitalizing on low global oil prices to fill its underground strategic oil reserves, with the first shipload of 1 million barrels of crude oil from the UAE arriving at Mangalore as part of efforts to shore up supplies to meet any supply or price disruption
Airline, oil marketing stocks fall as crude prices surge; SpiceJet down 4.9%, IndiGo 4.7%
• 5 years agoAirline and oil marketing stocks on Monday fell as crude oil prices surged after OPEC and its allies agreed to cut down on crude production