Conservation week: Companies ask people to save fuel

If we are able to save even 1% of electricity yearly it will give us 300 megawatts of extra power that can be used to light up many houses or to manufacture 2,500 tonnes of fertilisers in a year.

In an inaugural function of oil and gas conservation fortnight organised jointly by Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited and GAIL India Ltd held at Sardar Patel memorial hall, the stakeholders of oil and gas industry urged the citizens to conserve fuel.

“India consumed around 135 million tonnes of petroleum products in 2008-09, of which only 33.5 million tonnes were consumed for domestic purpose while the rest was imported. India had to spend Rs4 lakh crore to import petroleum products," said VK Jaychandran, executive director of IOC.  He added that India needs to conserve petroleum so that this money can be invested in infrastructure.

RR Chauhan, addl secretary, food, civil supplies and consumer affairs department, Gujarat said that the stock of oil and gas in the world is limited and it should be used judiciously. Renewable sources of energy like biomass, solar and wind can not replace oil and gas. “Rather than driving individual vehicles, public transport should be frequently used,” said Vinod Nehete, DGM, HPCL.