New Delhi: Indian oil refineries improved operating run rate to an average of 77 per cent of capacity in May as easing of lockdown restrictions helped bring back some of the lost fuel demand, according to oil ministry data. Refineries, which had in April cut down operating rate to as low as 30-40 per cent…
Fuel prices continued to pinch pockets of the common man for the 17th consecutive day on Tuesday, with the price difference between petrol and diesel narrowing down to a mere 36 paise. Though oil marketing companies (OMC) raised prices, they are seeing a demand recovery for petrol and diesel in June at 85 per cent…
Former US national security advisor John Bolton has criticise the State Department for defending India’s position on import of oil from Iran, while claiming at the same time that President Donald Trump had “not been sympathetic” to New Delhi’s case. In his tell-all book “The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir” that hit…
MUMBAI : India’s three state-owned refiners have changed their refining configurations, replacing aviation turbine fuel with diesel in a reflection of the troubles faced by the airlines industry. With airlines flying at a third of their capacity, Indian Oil Corp. Ltd, Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd (BPCL) and Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd (HPCL) have cut aviation…
Oil prices are falling today on mixed signals after a strong growth at the end of last week.Oil prices were supported by optimism about the execution of the transaction OPEC+. Iraq and Kazakhstan on Thursday presented the monitoring Committee of the OPEC+ compensation plans outstanding commitments to reduce oil production, other countries were given until…
LONDON: Oil prices were steady on Monday, supported by tighter supplies from major producers but held in check by concerns over a rise in coronavirus infections worldwide that could stall a recovery in fuel demand. Brent crude was up 5 cents, or 0.1 per cent, at $42.24 a barrel by 1349 GMT. The West Texas…
LONDON/SINGAPORE, Buyers of liquefied natural gas (LNG) are expected to cancel 40 to 45 cargoes for August loading from the United States due to a slow recovery in Asian gas demand and record high European gas stocks, market sources said on Monday. The exact number of cancellations is yet to be confirmed as the deadline…
London — The head of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum, Yuriy Sentyurin, said June 22 that he considered OPEC a “model” for the gas exporter group’s activities, hailing the first technical dialog with OPEC as a “new chapter in our collaboration.” The GECF — whose members include gas heavyweights Russia, Qatar and Iran — came…
Saudi Arabia and other OPEC members have long-standing reputations as reliable suppliers to Asia, but the price war followed quickly by massive output cuts have unsettled buyers in the region.As the OPEC alliance sticks to its guns in trying to curb oil output to shore up prices, Asian buyers are increasingly looking to the US…
Nigeria, one of Africa’s biggest crude exporter has forced down production quota by 13.67 million barrels for Shell, Chevron, and other oil producers in one month, according to a news report by New Telegraph. Six major firms including Shell, ExxonMobil, Chevron, Total, Agip, and Addax participate actively in the production of about 90 percent of…
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