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Oil and Gas Conservation Fortnight
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 "Saving oil by the barrels
is preferable to saving it by drops," said S Ramakrishnan, Principal
Secretary to Government of Tamil Nadu, Co-operation, Food and Consumer
Protection, while inaugurating the Oil and Gas Conservation Fortnight 2004 at
Chennai on January 16.
Ramakrishnan complimented the
oil companies in conducting the Oil and Gas Conservation Fortnight annually to
spread awareness on this cause. He further urged the oil industry to concentrate
on 'broader routes of conservation' in using the scarce natural resources
optimally.
While delivering the key-note
address, V Anand, General Manager, Southern Railways, pointed out, "As
against the World Energy consumption mark of 1.68 million tonnes of oil
equivalent (MTOE), India presently had a long way to go in reaching the World
Energy mark with its current average consumption of 0.32 MTOE. India would
always remain a nett importer of petroleum products, with its need to improve
the quality of life of its people."
"Alternate energy sources
like hydro electricity, thermal power and bio diesel should be seriously looked
into as different sources of energy in order to optimize the usage of petroleum
products. The Indian Railways is marching ahead in a big way in the development
of bio-diesel," he said.
Earlier, welcoming the
gathering, C Ramachandran, State-Level Co-ordinator for the Oil Industry and
General Manager, IndianOil, Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry, said, "Conservation
and Environment Protection go hand in hand; the oil industry members, IndianOil,
Bharat Petroleum, Hindustan Petroleum and IBP join hands with PCRA (Petroleum
Conservation and Research Association) to conduct this event annually."
S N Rao, PCRA, V Ramaswamy,
General Manager, IndianOil and other senior oil industry officials attended the
function.
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