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The government has ordered LPG producers like Reliance Industries to supply all LPG they produce locally to state-owned oil companies only, and private retailers have been asked to source their requirements through imports.

Power Transmission Corporation of Uttarakhand Limited has awarded ABB India contract to construct a transmission substation in Khandukhal, Uttarakhand. The substation has recently been successfully commissioned, and serves to evacuate power generated from the rivers and integrate it into the national grid.

Recognising Tata Power´s Maithon Power Limited (MPL), the company´s 74:26 JV with Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC), for its excellence in operations, implementation of innovative technology and managing its people, CII honoured MPL with two awards for excellence in operation management and emerging leader in people management.

Siemens is the first company to obtain security certification from TÜV SÜD (German inspection and certification organisation) for an automation system based on IEC 62443-4-1 and IEC 62443-3-3.

Bajaj Hindusthan Sugar Ltd plans to sell its co-generation power business to its group company Lalitpur Power Generation Company Ltd (LPGCL) for about Rs 1,800 crore.

In a strategic move, Gujarat Alkalies and Chemical is likely to set-up a 15 MW solar power project. The solar project will be based on EPC with an estimated cost of `100 crore.

Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific Company (AG&P) announced the launch of its ultra-shallow draft 4000 - 8000m³ LNG carrier (LNGC), capable of accessing rivers and shallow harbors with a draft of only two meters.

TÜV Rheinland´s Materials Testing Division is now offering Computational Engineering services to prevent industrial incidents by using a range of self-developed software tools modelling the behaviour of critical components.

EPC player Black & Veatch has announced that its patented PRICO® Single Mixed Refrigerant (SMR) technology has become the world´s first proven FLNG technology to achieve production on a floating facility after successfully completing performance testing of the liquefaction unit in Nantong, China