Guwahati: As gas continued to flow uncontrollably and a fire raged on at a natural gas well of OIL in Assam’s Baghjan, the Army on Monday joined efforts to douse the blaze after the civil administration sought its help in constructing a bridge over an adjoining water body. The state-run Oil India Limited (OIL), in…
India’s fuel demand has reached 80-85 per cent of pre-Covid levels in the first half of June but return to 5 per cent growth trajectory may take up to two years, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and industry leaders said on Tuesday. Fuel sales in the world’s third biggest oil consuming nation had fallen to their…
Jet fuel or ATF price on Tuesday was hiked by 16.3 per cent while petrol price was increased by 47 paise per litre and that of diesel by a record 93 paise on the back of firming international oil rates. Aviation turbine fuel (ATF) price was hiked by Rs 5,494.5 per kilolitre (kl), or 16.3…
MUMBAI : State-run Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) will invest ₹12000 crore in capital expansion during the current fiscal. The refiner said it has not revised its capex downward despite the covid-19 impact on the company. “We are would be spending ₹12000 crore towards capital expenditure. For new projects, we will be prioritizing or phasing…
India aims to double its refining capacity to 450-500 million tonnes (mt) in the next 10 years, said Union petroleum and steel minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday. The country has already planned the world’s largest refinery in the western coast, on which work will start soon, said Pradhan. The $44-billion west coast refinery project, with…
LONDON, Hedge fund managers show little directional conviction on petroleum prices after crude futures doubled between late April and early June, suggesting most now see upside and downside risks as finely balanced. For the second week running, fund managers made no significant changes in their positioning in any of the six most import futures and…
New Delhi: Crude oil futures on Monday dropped 3.58 per cent to Rs 2,640 per barrel as participants trimmed their positions on weak global cues. On the Multi Commodity Exchange, crude oil for June delivery fell by Rs 98, or 3.58 per cent, to Rs 2,640 per barrel with a business volume of 4,493 lots.…
Refiners in the Asia-Pacific region (APR) are showing increased interest in Russian oil Urals in the face of declining offers moderate alternative raw materials from the Middle East due to the OPEC agreement, according to the Agency Argus.Given the limited oil requirements of European companies that are major buyers in the Urals, the APR becomes…
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Monday he would sell gasoline to Venezuela for “humanitarian” reasons if asked to, despite U.S. sanctions on the South American country and its state-run oil firm, PDVSA. Lopez Obrador said he had not received such a request from the Venezuelan government. President Donald Trump’s administration wants to…
SINGAPORE: World’s largest oil exporter Saudi Aramco has reduced the volume of July-loading crude that it will supply to at least five buyers in Asia, seven sources said on Monday.The cuts were mainly for medium and heavy grades and were seen at refineries in countries such as China, the sources with knowledge of the matter…
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