Additionally, GAIL officials visited schools to educate students about natural gas as a cleaner energy source and emphasized the benefits of choosing Piped Natural Gas (PNG).

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Shri Pradhan also rolled out the second phase of world class premium grade petrol (Octane 100), branded as XP100 by Indian Oil. In this second phase, Indian Oil’s branded XP100 was rolled out in seven more cities including Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Kochi, Indore and Bhubaneswar today. The Minister had launched XP100 and rolled out the first phase a month ago on 01st December, 2020 at select outlets in 10 Indian cities.

Shri Pradhan while speaking on the occasion, said that the Missed call facility is an example of the success of the Digital India mission in the cause of service to the people. He said that the government is using technology to usher in equitable treatment of every Indian in receiving services and improving ease of living for citizens. He said that the service, being launched in Bhubaneswar, will soon be expanded to all over the country. He exhorted the gas agencies and distributors to ensure that the LPG delivery period should be shortened from 1 day to a few hours. He said that the country has travelled a long way in LPG. The LPG connection was made available to about 13 crore people from the year 1955 to 2014, but today it is about to reach 30 crore connections, showing quantum jump and commitment of the government to provide clean fuel. The LPG connection, has really empowered the Indian women, he added.

Minister Pradhan talked  about the power of technology in making the life of common man easy. He lauded the distribution efforts of the OMCs, especially the Delivery boys- the ‘Corona warriors’, who showed guts and sincerity to supply the LPG at the doorsteps of the people without any interruption, even in the time of pandemic. He said that when the whole world, irrespective of its resources or prosperity, suffered due to Corona, India fought back under the leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, who mobilized the whole country, and presented a new model for the world.

Flagging off the dispatch of first load of XP100 from the country’s oldest operating refinery at Digboi, Assam, Shri Pradhan said that this epitomizes the Prime Minister’s vision of Purvodya. He said that XP100 is of world class quality which would enhance the efficiency of High speed cars. This advanced petrol produced from Digboi Refinery will cater to the needs of retail outlets in cities located in country’s North-East region. Digboi has joined the elite group of Mathura and Barauni Refineries by producing XP-100 Petrol using existing infrastructure and secondary processing facilities. This is indeed a commendable achievement, being the oldest Refinery, producing the most advanced petrol available in the country.

Some advantages of missed call refill booking facility over IVRS facility are:

•           Quick booking, customer don’t have to hold call for long time.

•           No call charges to customers as compared to IVRS calls where normal call rates are applicable.

•           People who are not adept with IVRS or old age customers who face issues in using IVRS facility can opt for refill booking via missed call.

•           Will ease life of rural consumers.

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Total Holdings, a 100% subsidiary of Total S.A. (Total), is the ultimate parent company of the Total group entities worldwide. Total, together with its subsidiaries, is an international integrated energy producer.

Total Group is engaged in oil and gas industry, including upstream operations in hydrocarbon exploration, development and production, and downstream operations in refining, petrochemicals, specialty chemicals, trading and shipping of crude oil and petroleum products and marketing.

In India, through its subsidiaries, joint ventures and minority interests, Total Group exports natural gas at wholesale level to Indian coasts where the respective customers purchase and import its natural gas into India.

AGL is engaged in the wholesale supply of natural gas and downstream (retail) supply of natural gas through city gas distribution (CGD) networks to industrial, commercial, domestic and automotive customers in India (including supplies to oil marketing companies).

The CCI approved the proposed combination under Section 31(1) of the Act.

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Firefighters brought the situation under control after two hours.A major fire broke out at an Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) Limited gas processing plant in Uran area near Mumbai, killing at least five people, including three CISF staff and injuring eight others. According to officials, one CISF jawan is critically injured. All the injured were rushed to a nearby hospital where they are undergoing treatment.

The ONGC has posted a tweet confirming that the fire was doused successfully within two hours by firefighting team. The tweet confirmed that the fire broke out in storm water drainage unit of the plant.

“Fire broke out in storm water drainage in Uran Plant early morning successfully doused within two hours by fire fighting team. #ONGC ’s robust crisis mitigation preparedness helped put off this major fire in a very short time,” read the tweet posted by ONGC on its official handle.

The fire broke out at around 7.20 am, following which the firefighting operations were initiated. People living near the plant were evacuated by the authorities to prevent any large-scale damage.

Confirming the incident, ONGC had earlier posted on microblogging site Twitter, “A fire broke out in storm water drainage early morning 2day in Uran oil & gas processing plant.ONGC fire services & crisis managemnt team immediately pressed in2 action. Fire is being contained. No impact on Oil processing.Gas diverted to Hazira Plant. Situation is being assessed.”

The firefighting operations were carried out by the fire services and crisis management team of the ONGC. Earlier reports had said that the fire broke out in a cold storage unit of the plant.

ONGC in a tweet said the fire broke out in a storm water drain of the oil and gas processing plant at Uran, 45 km from Mumbai. Oil processing is not affected, the company tweeted, adding gas has been diverted to a plant at Hazira in Gujarat, 330 km away.

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