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Global crude oil prices surged by over 4% following attacks on energy infrastructure in West Asia, with Brent crude reaching $111.78 per barrel.
However, Volkswagen company representatives in Kochi said fuel above the specified tank capacity could lead to mishaps.
The lorry owners are on a war path, alleging that the oil companies are transfering the burden of paying Goods and Service Tax (GST) on tanker lorry owners.
Indian Oil Corp (IOC) will set up 10,000 electric vehicle charging stations in the next three years and is drawing up plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions from its operations, its chairman said on Wednesday.
IOC chairman S M Vaidya on Monday launched missed call facility for availing new LPG connection anywhere in the country.
With this, petrol is now priced at Rs 91.63 a litre and diesel Rs 86.48 a litre in Kochi. In Thiruvananthapuram, the petrol costs Rs 93.51 per litre and diesel costs Rs 88.25.
The outlets, which also envisage facilities for CNG filling and charging electric vehicles, have come up on prison land taken on a30-year lease by the IOC.
The Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) would run the petrol pumps that would be open 24 hours. The jail department would give the land needed for setting up the bunks and the staff.
The company will use its refinery operations to convert the single use plastic waste into a specialised bitumen that can be used for construction of roads and highways.
Leapfrogging from BS-IV grade fuel straight to BS-VI grade, equivalent to Euro-VI fuel, petrol and diesel would have resulted in an up toRe 1 per litre increase in cost but oil companies decided against passing this on to consumers and instead adjusted it against the reduction warranted from international oil prices plummeting to a 17-year low.
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