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Rajdhani Express will make a halt in Dhenkanal railway station, Rs 130 billion will be invested for the revival of the Talcher fertiliser plant in Angul district and city gas scheme will be rolled out in 13 districts, informed Dharmendra Pradhan, Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister, during Modi’s visit to Talcher.

Oil giant Saudi Aramco wants to enter into exclusive talks with India to buy a stake in the planned 1.2 million barrels per day (bpd) refinery on the west coast, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said.

Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said that Russian oil giant Rosneft has planned to tap the retail fuel market in India in a big way. "Rosneft, the Russian oil major, who recently took over Essar Oil, are planning in a big way to tap retail fuel market in India," Pradhan said.

PSU behemoth ONGC is keen to acquire the government's stake in oil refiner Hindustan Petroleum Corp (HPCL), Union Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said, stating that the company has ‘shown interest’.

GAIL India has started work on its city gas distribution (CDG) project in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, which will deliver gas imported as LNG for transport, industries and household use.

Steps are being taken to enhance oil and gas production to reduce crude oil imports, which has accounted for 82 per cent of the total domestic consumption this fiscal, said Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, adding that the target is to reduce energy imports by 10 per cent by 2021-22.

Reliance Industries' flagging KG basin D6 block has seen natural gas output slip further, leading the government to disallow $2.756 billion in cost, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said.

A cleaner environment, less pollutant energy, a sustainable living model are some of the ambitious target set by the government at the centre. This is both applicable for the industry and for the people of the country.