Friday, January 13, 2023

Oil marketing companies asked to submit green hydrogen roadmap in 15 days, says Minister Hardeep Puri

 India's petroleum minister, Hardeep Singh Puri, has said that he has directed the oil marketing companies (OMCs) to prepare a plan in the field of green hydrogen, which he said would be submitted to the Prime Minister's Office very soon.


The minister made the remarks while addressing reporters on the sidelines of '11th CII Bio-Energy Summit' in the national capital.




India has three large oil refining-cum-marketing companie--IOC, BPCL and HPCL. These, along with their subsidiaries are the primary suppliers of petroleum products to the country. There are also some private refiners such as Reliance and Shell.

"I have always been a staunch believer that the success of green hydrogen will come from the petroleum and natural gas (PNG) sector for a variety of reasons (like) you have refineries which will produce and consume green hydrogen for a variety of PNG functions," he said.

"I called my oil companies and said I want to be the first minister to submit to the PM (Narendra Modi) a plan on how these OMCs are going to deal with green hydrogen. I am very happy to announce that we will submit a plan very soon, " he said.

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