PETROLEUM UPDATES

HINTS

1. Revamping fuel pipeline network cuts cost of living

   Business Daily (press release) (blog)

   Many Kenyans may not know that petroleum is Kenya's third largest export. Not the crude oil coming from Turkana but processed petroleum products ...

2. Abu Dhabi's Baron Point Petroleum signs joint venture for $150m Vietnam terminal

   Gulf Business News

   The venture will finance, build and operate petroleum product pipelines and storage space through a Bonded Terminal System at Phu Quoc Island ...
   Abu Dhabi's Baron Point Petroleum Signs JV With Petrovietnam Oil Corporation In US$150m ... - Abu Dhabi City Guide

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3. 40 percent of India's GDP outside GST: Chidambaram

   Deccan Chronicle

   "Petroleum products must be bought under GST. They have kept out petroleum, electricity, alcohol which are peculiar commodities and parts of real ...

4. Climate change lawsuits face uphill battle, but could have radical implications

   The San Diego Union-Tribune

   “The theory behind it is an interesting one: that essentially, petroleum products should be considered defective when used as directed because of the ...

5. Protesters at 2nd Sona not as friendly

   Inquirer.net

   He cited the planned increase in excise taxes of petroleum products, failure to end labor contractualization and massive land conversion. In Cebu City ...

6. Securing Nigeria's Territorial Waters

   THISDAY Newspapers

   This was said to involve pirates stealing cargoes of crude oil and petroleum products. Reports had it that, no fewer than 44 ship crew members were ...

7. RIL sees Reliance Retail, Jio as hyper growth platforms

   Economic Times

   Sale of petroleum products, apart from consumer electronics and connectivity, was a key part of its overall retail sales, which had shown “strong and ...

8. Haryana Congress seeks reforms in GST

   The Hindu

   ... Mr. Hooda sought simplification of the process to file tax returns, withdrawal of tax on clothing and to bring petroleum products within the ambit of the ...
   Hooda tears into GST on Khattar's turf - The Tribune

   Hooda attacks Union, state govt over GST - The Tribune

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9. Violations of Food Safety Actmushroom in Krishna district

   Times of India

   Though the use of bee wax is permitted, vendors are using wax derived from petroleum products which will lead to intestinal disorders, he said.

10. Steel plant remediation nears 80-percent mark

    Evening Observer

    ... with contaminates from chromium, polychlorinated biphenyls, trichloroethene, PCB aroclor 1260, arsenic, cyanides, lead and petroleum products.