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Kirit Parikh Committee to moderate gas prices

The Central Government has recently constituted a committee under the chairmanship of Kirit Parikh to control and reduce the continuous increase in LPG gas prices. Key Points A...

September 9, 2022

Kirit Parikh committee to review existing marketing structure in LPG marketing in India

The Government of India (GoI) has recently constituted a 5-member committee to review existing marketing structure in Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) marketing in India. The committee, headed by...

June 14, 2019

The researchers at Purdue University in US develops a new method to purify water used in oil refinement

Researchers at Purdue University in the US, including one of Indian origin, have developed a new process to remove nearly all traces of oil in produced water —...

March 23, 2019

2nd Asia LPG 2019 Summit

The 2nd edition of the Asia LPG Summit 2019 was held in New Delhi with theme ‘LPG – Energy for Life’. The summit was organized by the World...

February 8, 2019

ONGC to introduce Asia’s first large scale CO2 injection technique at Gandhar field

The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) will soon launch Asia’s first large scale CO2-injected project in its Gandhar oil field in Gujarat to recover an extra 20...

February 18, 2018

ADB approves fund for Reliance Bangladesh Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved debt financing and partial risk guarantee of $583 million to develop Reliance Power’s 750MW LNG based combined cycle power plant and...

December 5, 2017

Japan is hosting 6th annual LNG Producers Consumer Conference – 2017

The 6th annual LNG Producers Consumer Conference will be held in Tokyo, Japan from Oct 16-18, 2017. From India, Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Skill Development...

October 16, 2017

India to sign pact with Japan for setting up flexible LNG market

The Union Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has recently approved signing of the Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) with Japan on establishing a Liquid, Flexible and Global...

October 12, 2017

LPG Transparency Portal begins functioning to ensure in delivery of domestic LPG cylinders

Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry launched a LPG Portal aimed at ensuring transparency in the delivery of domestic LPG cylinders to the consumers. This step is expected to...

June 25, 2012

No Govt decision yet on doing away with LPG subsidies for rich

The Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas R.P.N. Singh held that the Standing Committee on Petroleum and Natural Gas had advocated that the government may consider...

May 23, 2012

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