Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate to the nation three key petroleum projects sector in Bihar on September 13, via video conferencing. The projects include the Durgapur-Banka section of the Paradip-Haldia-Durgapur Pipeline augmentation project and two LPG bottling plants. They have been commissioned by IndianOil and HPCL, PSUs under the aegis of the Ministry of…
In a yet another push to attract investments and to give an advantage to domestic manufacturing, department of chemicals and petrochemicals (DCPC), under the aegis of ministry of chemicals and fertilizers on Friday has circulated a draft cabinet note to incentivise investments made in petroleum, chemical and petrochemical investment region (PCPIR). Sources privy to the…
Morgan Stanley expects Brent crude prices to climb to $50 per barrel by the second half of 2021 supported by a weaker dollar and higher inflation, it said in a note on Wednesday. “Unprecedented expansion of monetary aggregates has weakened the U.S. dollar and put upward pressure on inflation expectations,” the bank said.Morgan Stanley also…
The slide in crude oil prices accelerated after the Energy Information Administration reported a crude oil inventory build of 2 million barrels for the week to September 4. A day earlier, the American Petroleum Institute added gloom to an already pessimistic market by reporting an inventory build of 2.97 million barrels for the same period.…
The record oil production cuts that OPEC+ initiated in response to the demand and oil price collapse have helped the oil market to stabilize in recent months. Yet, oil prices have been stuck in the low $40s since the end of the second quarter. While this is a huge improvement—double that of the lows seen…
China’s next five-year plan beginning in 2021 will call for increases to its mammoth state reserves of crude, strategic metals and farm goods, said officials familiar with the discussions. Beijing is keen to heed the lessons of the coronavirus crisis and deteriorating relations with the U.S. and its allies, according to the officials, who participated…
DUBAI/BAGHDAD/LONDON: A debate within Iraq over whether it should ask to be exempt from OPEC+ oil supply cuts has resurfaced as low prices squeeze its finances, challenging a government struggling to tackle the destruction of years of war and rampant corruption. OPEC’s second-biggest producer, Iraq has failed in the past to fully comply with OPEC+…
New Delhi: India will soon launch a bid round to give out licences for retailing gas in cities to help extend the coverage of environment-friendly fuel to about 500 cities, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Thursday. During 2018 and 2019, sector regulator PNGRB gave out licences to retail CNG to automobiles and piped cooking…
An Oil India Limited engineer, working at the Baghjan natural gas well site which has been on fire since June 9, died on Wednesday. Officials suspect that he died due to electrocution. The deceased engineer was identified as Arnab Kishore Bordoloi, 25. “Bordoloi, who was working with some equipment at the well site, suddenly fell…
New Delhi: India will soon launch a bid round to give out licences for retailing gas in cities to help extend the coverage of environment-friendly fuel to about 500 cities, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Thursday. During 2018 and 2019, sector regulator PNGRB gave out licences to retail CNG to automobiles and piped cooking…
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