HPCL's Rs 37,229 cr Rajasthan refinery faces water challenge

Last Updated: Sunday, August 18, 2013, 13:56

Indian Oil Corp, the nation's largest oil company, is building a refinery in the port city of Paradip in Odisha and exploring the possibility of a unit on the west coast, while HPCL itself is mulling a refinery on the Maharasthra or Gujarat coast for the very same reasons.

HPCL reports Rs 1,460 cr loss in June quarter

Last Updated: Monday, August 12, 2013, 23:10

Net loss in this April-June quarter was lower than Rs 9,249 crore in the same period a year ago, HPCL Director (Finance) K V Rao told reporters here.

FinMin to give Rs 8,000 cr cash subsidy to oil retailers in Q1

Last Updated: Thursday, August 8, 2013, 19:50

Finance Ministry Thursday agreed to give Rs 8,000 crore cash subsidy to fuel retailers IOC, BPCL and HPCL to make up for less than a third of losses they incur on selling diesel and cooking fuel below cost.

HPCL to partner Shapoorji Pallonji Group for LNG terminal

Last Updated: Monday, July 15, 2013, 16:33

The state-owned firm and SP Ports Pvt Ltd, a unit of Shapoorji Pallonji Group, plan to set up the liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal at Chhara in Gujarat's Junagadh district through a 50:50 joint venture, HPCL Chairman and Managing Director S Roy Choudhury said here today.

MoEF rejects HPCL's Vizag refinery expansion plan

Last Updated: Sunday, June 9, 2013, 19:45

HPCL had approached the Environment Ministry seeking clearance for the expansion of its refinery from 8.33 MMTPA to 15.00 MMTPA at Visakhapatnam District in Andhra Pradesh.

MoEF asks HPCL to hold public hearing for Rajasthan Plant

Last Updated: Thursday, May 30, 2013, 16:38

The Environment Ministry has asked state-owned Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL) to hold public hearing for its proposed Rs 37,230 crore refinery-cum-petrochemical complex in Barmer district of Rajasthan.

HPCL plans to revive Rs 50,000 crore refinery plant

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 29, 2013, 13:40

State-owned Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL) is reviving a Rs 50,000 crore refinery-cum- petrochemical project near Vizag in Andhra Pradesh to meet local fuel demand.

HPCL approaches global energy cos to revive Vizag project

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 28, 2013, 22:23

The 15 million tonne a year refinery and a mega petrochem plant is planend to be built about 70 km away from the company's existing Vizag refinery, HPCL Chairman and Managing Director S Roy Choudhury told reporters here.

PSU refiners should set up JV to import crude oil: Parl panel

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 8, 2013, 19:12

State-owned refiners like IOC, BPCL and HPCL should form a joint venture company to import crude oil efficiently and at competitive rates, a Parliamentary panel has suggested Wednesday.

HPCL approves joint venture for Rs 37,320 cr Barmer refinery

Last Updated: Thursday, April 25, 2013, 17:39

Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL) has approved the incorporation of a joint venture company to set up Rs 37,320-crore oil refinery and petrochemical complex in Rajasthan.

Four oil company staff booked for molesting woman colleague

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 20, 2013, 14:22

Four employees of a PSU here have been booked for allegedly abusing and molesting a young woman in their office, police said on Wednesday.

HPCL to set up Rs 37,000 cr refinery, petchem project in Raj

Last Updated: Thursday, March 7, 2013, 16:28

HPCL board earlier this week approved setting up of the complex costing Rs 37,000 crore. Also, it approved expansion of the Bhatinda refinery in Punjab from 9 million tonne to 11.2 million tonnes.