New Delhi, July 16: Union commerce minister, Mr Kamal Nath, said on Wednesday that his ministry has received no proposal to strip Reliance Industries Jamnagar refinery of its export oriented unit (EOU) status. Mr Nath also said that India could walk out of the WTO ministerial meet in Geneva next week if India's concerns are not met.

NEW DELHI: Oil and gas giant Total of France, India born steel baron L. N. Mittal and state-run Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) will take a decision on taking a final plunge to set up the proposed 14 million-tonne refinery-cum-petrochemical plant at Vizag in Andhra Pradesh at a cost of $6 billion. The project is at pre-feasibility stage and now the next round of discussions would open up. "We will know about the fate of the project if we will move ahead with the project or not,' Total Oil Asia-Pacific Senior Vice-President, Thierry Pflimlin, told newsmen here. Capacity

BS Reporter / New Delhi July 10, 2008, 0:19 IST Oil majors to take call on project after pre-feasibility study by Dec. Billionaire L N Mittal, France's Total and its three other Indian partners will take a final decision to build a $6-billion refinery and petrochemicals complex in south India by December. The decision comes in the wake of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) exiting a similar proposed refinery recently, citing non-feasibility of the project.

GUWAHATI, Feb 17

China said on Monday it will boost state reserves of refined fuels, its first official plan to expand beyond its crude reserves, and help cut high inventories held by oil companies.

CHENNAI: Challenges faced by oil sector and growing energy demand were discussed at a two-day seminar on

Reliance Industries (RIL), the country

Idemitsu Kosan Co and two other oil distributors plan to cut wholesale prices of gasoline for shipments to gas stations by 22 to 23 yen from Tuesday as a temporary gasoline tax is expected to expire M

The petroleum and gas workers of the State have demanded expansion of the existing four refineries of Assam and recruitment against the 5,000 vacant posts in the oil sector of the north-eastern region