SHANGHAI/SINGAPORE: China’s marine fuel futures contract that debuts on Monday on the Shanghai International Energy Exchange (INE) is likely to attract strong interest, despite weakened ship fuel demand amid the coronavirus pandemic, industry participants said. The new low-sulphur fuel oil (LSFO) contract features marine fuel meeting stricter international emissions rules and is the latest commodity…
MOSCOW: The head of Russia’s sovereign wealth fund Kirill Dmitriev sees no point in extending strict global oil output cuts as world economies and oil demand recovers from the depths of the coronavirus crisis, he told the RBC Daily newspaper. The comments from Dmitriev, who is one of Moscow’s top negotiators in oil talks, indicate…
U.S. and Canadian energy firms cut the number of oil and natural gas rigs operating to a record low even as higher oil prices prompt some producers to start drilling again. The U.S. oil and gas rig count, an early indicator of future output, fell to a record low for a seventh week in a…
GUWAHATI: Lt General Rana Pratap Kalita, General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the 3 Corps with other senior officials from 3 Corps, Indian Army visited the Baghjan Blowout Area on Friday to monitor the progress of work at ground zero. The gas producing oil well blew on May 27 and on June 9 turned into a…
Petrol price on Friday was hiked by 56 paise per litre and diesel by 63 paise a litre, taking the cumulative increase in rates to Rs 7.11 and Rs 7.67 per litre respectively in less than two weeks. Petrol price in Delhi was hiked to Rs 78.37 per litre from Rs 77.81, while diesel rates…
Reliance Industries (RIL) rose 1.15% to Rs 1675.35 after the company announced that it has become net debt free. RIL on Friday (19 June) said has raised over Rs 168,818 crore in just 58 days through investments by global tech investors in Jio Platforms (Rs 115,693.95 crore) and through rights issue of RIL (Rs 53,124.20…
India is expected to resume spot imports of LPG in September after clearing the current inventory backlog, as rising LPG production after state-owned refiners ramp up operating rates, and languishing demand from the commercial sector during the lockdown added on to domestic supply, market sources said in the week of June 15. “The LPG market…
Skirmishes at the border between India and China have put the spotlight on state-owned firms. This is because many business leaders have asked for the privatisation of behemoths like BHEL and BEML to enable India Inc to compete with Chinese firms in the capital goods space. The call for privatisation has, however, come at a…
Oil prices rose on Thursday as a panel of OPEC and its allies met to review record oil supply cuts, even as the market remained concerned about additional coronavirus cases reported in parts of the United States and China. Brent crude futures were up 78 cents at $41.48 a barrel and West Texas Intermediate crude…
NEW YORK: Oil prices rose slightly Thursday as a panel of OPEC and its allies met to review record oil supply cuts, even as the market remained concerned about additional coronavirus cases reported in parts of the United States and China. Brent crude futures were up 54 cents at $41.25 a barrel by 11:23 a.m.…
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