: Wednesday, May 5, 2021, 12:19 PM IST
Petroleum Minister flags off 1st supply of Used Cooking Oil-based Biodiesel from IndianOilâs Tikrikalan Terminal
Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel, Dharmendra Pradhan, remotely flagged off the first supply of UCO (Used Cooking Oil) based Biodiesel blended Diesel under the EOI Scheme from IndianOilâs Tikrikalan Terminal. Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural GasTarun Kapoor and Chairman, IndianOil S M Vaidya, were also present on the occasion. To create an eco-system for collection and conversion of UCO into Biodiesel and developing entrepreneurship opportunities, Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Steel, along with Minister of Health& Family Welfare, Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, hadinitiated Expressions of Interest (EoIs) for âProcurement of Bio-diesel produced from Used Cooking Oil (UCO)â on the occasion of World Biofuel Day on 10th August 2019. And such âExpression of Interestâ