L&T Energy Greentech plans to invest nearly Rs 80,000 crore to build its mega green hydrogen and green ammonia plants at Kandla and Paradip ports. It will soon tap the export market, starting with the Middle East, for its Made-In-India electrolysers, CEO Derek M Shah told Moneycontrol.
The president will arrive at the Biju Patnaik International Airport here at 6 PM on November 26 and spend the night at Raj Bhavan.
The refinery has one crude unit.
"The Centre is committed to speedy development of Odisha. While road network is being expanded in the state, Paradip will be made a smart port and smart city at a cost of Rs 40,000 crore," the Union Road Transport and Highways minister said while laying the foundation stone of the long-awaited second bridge on Brahmani river here today.
Pointing out that the Mumbai Port Trust (MbPT) is the biggest landlord in the city, Union Minister for Shipping, Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari, has revealed plans for a dream project, to develop R
Amidst the tussle between Odisha government and IOCL over its refinery in Paradip, Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan today said that he favoured signing of a fresh agreement between the two.
The Odisha government's decision to take back tax concessions to IOC's Rs 34,555-crore Paradip refinery will impact investor sentiment adversely, industry body CII has told the state chief minister.
Reliance Industries was the index-mover in early morning trade, with the stock soaring over 6% intraday. Meanwhile, Indian Oil Corporation fell in early morning trade on the back of withdrawal in tax sops to its Paradip refinery.
It has offered two cargoes of 15,000 to 16,000 tonnes each of jet fuel for loading from Paradip's south oil jetty over March 13 to 14 and March 24 to 25.
"The rationale behind developing Paradip as a smart city is that Paradip already has a major port and with strong mineral resource presence in the region... these factors will make Paradip a hub for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME)," the Ministry of Shipping said in a statement.
The system is likely to move further northeastwards along and off north Andhra Pradesh and Odisha coast and intensify into a severe cyclonic storm in next 24 hours, the meteorological centre said.
The move is also dictated by the Ministry's plan to de-congest the Jawaharlal National Port Trust (JNPT), Mumbai, which mainly handles steel imports, a source said.
The official said IOC is also looking at raising capacity of its 13.7 MT a year Koyali refinery in Gujarat by 4.3 MT as well as hiking capacity of Mathura refinery in Uttar Pradesh by three MT to 11 MT.
Output from the USD 5.2 billion Paradip refinery will compete with rising supplies of fuels from new and expanded plants in the Middle East and China, putting pressure on the profit margins of Asian refiners.
In the coming months, the balance 90 MW (3 X 30 MW) would be commissioned in phases, a company release said. The 120 MW coal fired power plant will meet the power requirement of Essar Steel's 12 million tonnes per annum integrated palletisation facility in Odisha.
GAIL was looking for a strategic partner for the 4 million tons a year floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal off the Paradip coast. But with a partnership with Royal Dutch Shell and GdF Suez of France coming through for a similar project off Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh, the Paradip project has been axed.
With commissioning of this 6 mtpa pellet plant in the first stage, Essar Steel's total pellet capacity has gone up to 14 million tonnes, making it the largest Indian producer of this intermediary product for manufacturing of steel.
IOC's second quarter earnings were weak "because of lower refining margins and inventory valuation losses," Moody's Investor Service said in a report.
An investment of about Rs 1 lakh crore will be made in Odisha in the next five years in petrochemicals and oil and gas sectors including strategic oil reserves, Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said today.
IOC, which will start commissioning the 15 million tonnes a year refinery at Paradip in Odisha in June, is willing to offer no more than 26 percent stake in the project.
In a major push to infrastructure sector, the Union Cabinet will consider tomorrow a proposal to set up two big ports with an investment of Rs 16,000 crore, a step being taken after a few decades.
Private steel maker Essar Steel is planning to refinance its entire domestic debt of around Rs 20,000 crore into dollar terms by September with a view to reduce interest costs, which in turn will help it to improve the margins.
Indian Oil Corp, the nation's largest oil refiner, today said its refineries processed 54.6 million tonnes of crude oil in 2012-13 fiscal, bettering the target of 54.25 million tonnes.
India today offered Kuwait a stake in state-owned ONGC's Rs 21,396-crore petrochemical plant at Dahej in Gujarat and in IOC's proposed chemical unit at Paradip as it looks to strength ties with the oil rich nation.
Essar Ports has commissioned its 16 million tonne per annum (MTPA) dry bulk terminal at Paradip in Odisha. CNBC-TV18 spoke to Rajiv Agarwal, CEO and MD, Essar Ports regarding the expectations from the project and the challenges ahead.