About a dozen villages in Dabwalitehsil of Sirsa district have threatened to launch an agitation against the pollution caused by Guru Gobind Singh Refinery, which is located in neighbouringKanakwal

The HPCL-Rajasthan Refinery Limited, a joint venture company formed on Thursday, will be the most advanced refinery in the country.

Hindustan Petroleum Corporation is aiming to complete the project by the end of 2017, with the foundation stone-laying ceremony likely to take place in August/September. UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi is expected to lay the foundation stone.

Expansion of Visakh Refinery, setting up of Greenfield refinery near Visakhapatnam on the agenda

State-owned Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited is keen on expediting the process for its Rs.60,000-crore investment plan for expansion of Visakh Refinery and setting up of a Greenfield refinery near the city.

Union environment and forests minister Jayanthi Natarajan on Thursday called for setting up a corpus fund to help quick response to oil spills in the sea and protecting India's fragile coastal eco-

Visakhapatnam: The industrial units and PSUs that are partners of Green Visakha Project were asked to shoulder trusted responsibility in making the Project a realistic and noble activity.

State-run Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) has said it might set up the proposed Rs 37,229-crore greenfield refinery-cum-petrochemical complex at Barmer in Rajasthan, not in Lilala, a

State-owned oil and gas firm Hindustan Petroleum (HPCL) has teamed up with gas company GAIL to revive an ambitious . 32,000-crore petrochemicals project in Andhra Pradesh.

The Barmer refinery-cum-petrochemical complex is likely to be relocated to Pachparda tehsil following protest by farmers at Leelala over compensation.

State govt assures the court it will compensate the loss to the oil companies

The Kerala high court on Thursday directed public sector oil companies -- Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) -- to supply diesel to the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) at subsidised rate. In a petition filed by the corporation, a single bench opined that the stand of the oil companies was discriminatory. The state government has assured the court it would compensate the loss to the oil companies.

The company will on March 13 sign a MoU with the Rajasthan government for setting up the refinery-cum-petrochemical complex

State-owned Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL) plans to invest Rs 37,000 crore in setting up a nine million tonne oil refinery and a petrochemical complex at Barmer in Rajasthan. The company will on March 13 sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Rajasthan government for setting up the refinery-cum-petrochemical complex, a source privy to the development said.