Petroleum Minister lays Foundation Stone for New LPG Bottling Plant

Agartala, 08th August, 2017: The Minister of State (I/C) – Petroleum & Natural Gas laid the foundation stone for a New grass-root Bottling plant at an event in Agartala today. Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana wasalso launched for the state of...

Petroleum Minister, Dharmendra Pradhan, inaugurates 6th Petrochemical Conclave

Gandhinagar, 29th July: The Government of India is planning to set up petrochemical clusters, in Eastern, Western and Southern India to spur the growth of the sector with a view to meeting the increasing demand for polymers/plastics and speciality chemicals...

Petroleum Minister inaugurates BS-VI Emission Testing Facilities at IndianOil’s R&D Centre

New Delhi, July 24: Mr. Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas (Independent Charge), inaugurated the BS-VI Emission Testing Facilities at IndianOil’s R&D Centre in Faridabad today. Mr. KD Tripathi, Secretary, MoPNG;...

“Dhamra LNG terminal is a step closer towards realising PM’s dream of development of Eastern India, for overall growth of our nation”

New Delhi, 10 July, 2017 : The Bhumi Pujan of the 5-MMTPA (million metric tonnes per annum) LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) Regasification Terminal at Dhamra Port, located in Bhadrak district of Odisha, was performed by Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister...

Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan meets visiting Prime Minister of Mauritius Pravind Kumar Jugnauth

Today, the Minister of State (I/C) for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Dharmendra Pradhan met Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth of Mauritius who is on a two day visit to India for bilateral meeting.  It is the first overseas visit of Prime Minister Jagnauth...

MOS PNG Dharmendra Pradhan at OPEC HQ at Vienna CO-Chairs India-OPEC Institutional Dialogue

By TN Ashok Vienna (Austria) , May 23: The Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan today had a one-to-one meeting with the OPEC Secretary General Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo and  discussed bilateral issues focusing on the impact...

ONGC Multi-specialty Hospital Chaolung Sukaphaa dedicated to the people of Assam

Shri Sarbananda Sonowal, Chief Minister of Assam, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas (I/C), accompanied by Shri Dinesh K Sarraf CMD, ONGC dedicated the ONGC multi-specialty hospital ‘Chaolung Sukaphaa’ to the people of...

MOU between Rajasthan Government and HPCL for setting up Refinery at Pachpadra signed

MOU Singed by HPCL and Government of Rajasthan in the presence of Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Shri Dharmendra Pradhan and Smt. Vasundhara Raje Chief Minister of Rajasthan Jaipur, April 18 (IANS) An MoU was signed on Tuesday between...

ONGC Everest Expedition 2017 flagged off by Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan

New Delhi | 28th March, 2017 Minister of State (I/C), Petroleum & Natural Gas, ShriDharmendraPradhan flagged off the ONGC Everest Expedition today at a glittering ceremony held at India Habitat Center. This is a first of its kind initiative undertaken...

Petroleum products will come under GST : Pradhan

New Delhi, March 27 (IANS) Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday pitched for petroleum products to be included in the purview of the Goods and Services Tax as the GST Bills were tabled in Parliament. “We expect all petroleum products...

IOC to supply Nepal 1 mn tonnes fuel for 5 years

MoU between NOC and IOC for renewal of Supply Agreement between Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) and Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) for a period of another five years New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) State-run Indian Oil Corp (IOC) on Monday signed an agreement...

MoS for Petroleum and Natural Gas (IC), Dharmendra Pradhan and the Vice Prime Minister of Mauritius, Showkutally Soodhun

The Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas (Independent Charge), Dharmendra Pradhan and the Vice Prime Minister of Mauritius, Showkutally Soodhun, at a bilateral meeting, in New Delhi on March 21, 2017. The Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum and...

Oil India Limited signs Memorandum of Understanding with University of Houston

MOU signed by Smt. Renu Khator, Chancellor & President, University of Houston and by Sri Utpal Bora, Chairman & Managing Director, Oil India Limited. Houston, USA, Mar 07 Oil India Limited (OIL), a Navratna Oil & Gas PSU, with intent of augmenting...

Oil India Limited signs MoU with University of Houston

Oil India Limited (OIL), a Navratna Oil & Gas PSU, with intent of augmenting its reserves base and maximising recovery from its aging oilfields through Enhanced Oil recovery (EOR) by utilising emitted greenhouse gases (CO2) to reduce carbon footprint...

Petroleum Minister meets Foreign delegates to discuss bilateral relations O&G Sector

A high level delegation led by Minister of State (I/C) for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan had organized a promotion event for India’s new Hydrocarbon Exploration and Licensing Policy (HELP) at CERA Week 2017 in Houston, World’s...

ONGC bags OGCF Award for Energy Conservation

ONGC has been conferred with the Award for best overall performance in promoting Oil & Gas Conservation in the ‘Upstream Sector’. The award was given to ONGC during the inaugural function of ‘Sanrakhsan Kshamta Mahotsav-2017’ (Saksham-2017) recently...

No charges on card payments for customers, pumps: Pradhan

New Delhi, Jan 9  There will be no additional charges on digital transactions made at petrol stations, Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan announced on Monday even as petroleum dealers threatened to stop accepting credit and debit cards after Friday.“Neither...

Dharmendra Pradhan felicitates Junior Hockey World Champions

Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of Petroleum &Natural Gas felicitated the Petroleum Sports Promotion Board (PSPB) players of the winning team of Jr. Hockey World Cup here today. Speaking on the occasion. Pradhan said that the Junior Hockey World Cup...

MoS (I/C), P&NG, Dharmendra Pradhan launches Natural Gas and Ujjwala awareness campaign

Kashipur (Uttarakhand), December 23, 2016: In order to popularise use of environment- friendly fuels, Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas (Independent Charge) Dharmendra Pradhan today launched an awareness campaign here to highlight the benefits...

Petroleum Minister inaugurates City Gas Distribution Project in Allahabad

Dharmendra Pradhan, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Petroleum and Natural Gas, today inaugurated the first CNG Station of Allahabad at  Meera Fuel Station, Civil Lines, and also released the first PNG connection  of the city at Trivenipuram...