Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri launched India’s first home-produced Reference Fuel in New Delhi.
Indian Oil has successfully commenced the production of Reference Gasoline and Diesel Fuels for the first time in India.
Reference fuels are used for calibration and testing of vehicle by Automobile manufacturers and testing agencies like ICAT (International Centre for Automotive Technology) and ARAI (Automotive Research Association of India).
Reference Fuel is used for developing engines and assessing its performance.
Earlier, India used to exclusively import it from other nations. Reference Fuels were produced by Indian Oil’s Paradip & Panipat Refineries.
Four-pronged energy security strategy
The Petroleum & Natural Gas Minister spoke about the four-pronged energy security strategy adopted by the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas.
He said that the strategy guided by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s vision of transforming India into an ‘energy-independent’ nation by 2047, includes, (i) Diversification of energy supplies (ii) Increasing India’s exploration and Production footprint (iii) Alternate energy sources and meeting energy transition through Gas based economy and (iv) Green Hydrogen and EVs.
