Work on plugging the natural gas well in Assam’s Baghjan where a fire has been raging since June 9, resumed on Thursday, a day after three foreign experts suffered burn injuries at the site following an explosion. The experts from a Singapore-based firm suffered minor burn injuries on Wednesday while removing the tubing head spool…
NEW DELHI/SINGAPORE: India’s top gas importer Petronet LNG is set to cancel its offer to buy an annual 1 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) for 10 years, two sources said, as signing long-term contracts are not attractive in the current scenario. India is scouting for cheap gas for price-sensitive consumers as Prime Minister…
The government is likely to extend the deadline for bidding for the privatisation of Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) for the third time in a row, from the current date of July 31. According to sources, the extension of the timelines for expression of interest (EoI) may well be until international airline services are back in…
India’s crude oil processing gathered pace in June, rising 10.9 percent from May to 4.29 million barrels per day, as further easing of coronavirus-led curbs lifted fuel demand. Indian refiners’ crude processing posted its biggest drop in at least nearly two decades in April but rebounded to 3.87 million barrels per day (bpd) in May,…
New Delhi: In another step towards promoting green fuel, the government on Thursday said it has invited suggestions from stakeholders for inclusion of hydrogen-enriched CNG as an automative fuel. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has issued a draft notification seeking comments and suggestions from the public and all stakeholders for amendment to the…
The day oil prices changed in different directions, WTI crude oil, recouping part of the losses, tried to correct by raising, while Brent rose in price. The cost of the September futures for Brent crude on the London ICE Futures exchange to 14:26 totaled $accounting period by 43.46 per barrel, or $0,17 (0,39%) above the…
NEW YORK: Oil prices fell about 3% on Thursday as investors worried that renewed lockdowns to contain the spread of coronavirus in the United States would again sink fuel consumption. Brent crude futures fell $1.11, or 2.6%, to $42.18 a barrel by 10:43 a.m. EDT (1443 GMT), after gaining 0.5% on Wednesday. U.S. West Texas…
China has issued a third batch of non-state crude import quotas for 2020, sending the amount awarded so far this year more than 10pc above the total for 2019.The commerce ministry (MoC) issued another 26.84mn t (196mn bl) of import quotas to non-state firms, taking the total amount for 2020 to around 1.35bn bl (3.68mn…
Overall group output fell by 1.82mn b/d from May to 22.28mn b/d in June, the most depleted level since Argus began keeping records in January 1998.The decline came as Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Kuwait pledged combined extra cuts that took their respective ceilings under the Opec+ deal down to 7.49mn b/d, 2.35mn b/d and…
LONDON: OPEC Secretary Mohammad Barkindo said there was no aim to drive US shale oil producers out of business, after the price of US barrels briefly turned negative in April. He was speaking in a CERAWeek interview ahead of next week’s OPEC+ market monitoring panel meeting. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and…
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