India HPCL shuts 70,000 bpd fire-hit crude unit at Vizag refinery Toggle share menu
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NEW DELHI: State run Hindustan Petroleum has shut a 70,000 barrel per day (bpd) crude unit at its Vizag refinery in Southern India after a fire broke out at about 15:00 pm local time (0930 GMT) on Tuesday, the company said in a statement.
The 166,000 bpd Vizag refinery has three crude units.
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Advertisement The fire has been extinguished. Cooling operations are in progress. There are no casualties and there is no risk to the public, the company said, adding other refinery operations are continuing as normal.
Bitcoin falls 8.9per cent to US$34,156 Toggle share menu
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Bitcoin falls 8.9per cent to US$34,156 Bitcoin fell by 8.9per cent to US$34,156 at 1000 GMT on Sunday, losing US$3,344.54 from its previous close.
FILE PHOTO: The Bitcoin logo is pictured on a crypto currency ATM machine in a shop in Union City, New Jersey, U.S., May 19, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Segar
23 May 2021 06:30PM (Updated:
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REUTERS: Bitcoin fell by 8.9per cent to US$34,156 at 1000 GMT on Sunday, losing US$3,344.54 from its previous close.
Bitcoin, the world s biggest and best-known cryptocurrency, is down 47.4per cent from this year s peak of US$64,895.22 on April 14.