LONDON – Angola has cut the number of oil cargoes that it will ship to Chinese state firms to pay down debt to Beijing as it seeks to renegotiate repayment terms to deal with the crippling impact of the coronavirus, three sources familiar with the matter said. Angola said this week it had asked for Read more

U.S. energy firms cut the number of oil and natural gas rigs operating to a record low for a fifth week in a row even as some producers begin to reverse cuts as prices recover from historic lows caused by a slump in fuel demand amid coronavirus lockdowns. The U.S. oil and gas rig count, Read more

Oil India Limited on Thursday said gas is still leaking “uncontrollably” out of its Baghjan well in Assam’s Tinsukia district, more than a week after a major blowout at the spot. The company added that is adopting measures to avert a fire. A major blowout took place on May 27 at the company’s gas-producing well Read more

Chennai, Indian Oil Group company Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd has recorded an inventory write down of Rs 1,456 crore due to the impact of COVID-19 on its operations, the city-based company said on Friday. In a filing to BSE, CPCL said the international prices of crude crashed on account of poor demand in the wake Read more

India remains a top destination for global investors, said David Lynne, Head of Corporate Bank and Fixed Income & Currencies, Deutsche Bank APAC. While we may be seeing risk-off sentiment in the current environment, you can expect to see interest in the Indian financial markets revive in the coming months. India would be one of Read more

India’s gasoline and diesel demand is expected to return to pre-lockdown levels in July, an executive at the country’s second largest fuel retailer Bharat Petroleum Corp said on Thursday.”The current demand for petrol and diesel is at 70% of levels seen before the lockdown,” Vijayagopal N, director of finance at BPCL, said in a call Read more

Petroleum Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) in its public notice on 2nd June 2020 announced that any entity can set up an LNG station in any Geographical Area (GA) or anywhere else, even if it is not the authorised entity for that GA. This clarification by the PNGRB has been wholeheartedly welcomed by PLL management. Read more

NEW YORK- Oil fell more than 3% on Monday after OPEC+ nations agreed to extend output cuts, but Saudi Arabia and two other Gulf producers said they would not maintain supplemental reductions that amount to more than a million barrels of daily supply. Brent crude fell, breaking a seven-day streak of gains. Brent futures fell Read more

LONDON: Oil slipped on Monday after Saudi Arabia said that an extension of output cuts by Opec+ nations would not include additional voluntary cuts by a trio of Gulf producers.Brent crude was down 65 cents, or 1.5 per cent, at $41.65 a barrel by 1400 GMT, while US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude fell 72 Read more

OSLO, Norway’s parliament has agreed to give additional tax breaks to the oil industry on top of those proposed by the minority government in a bid to spur investment and protect jobs, news agency NTB reported on Monday. Equinor and other oil firms, hit by low crude prices as demand faltered amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Read more

After extension in the framework of OPEC+ last Saturday of the current restrictions of oil production until July, Saudi Arabia, and state company Saudi Aramco (SE:2222), in particular, have achieved the greatest growth of export prices for its crude oil for at least two decades, according to Bloomberg. Limiting production will have an impact primarily Read more

Saudi Arabia will boost output in July to match its output OPEC quota while ending deeper, voluntary cuts amid signs of global demand recovering, the Saudi energy minister said on Monday. OPEC, Russia and other producers agreed on Saturday to extend record output cuts of 9.7 million barrels per day (bpd) into July, curbing global Read more

NEW DELHi: Output at ONGC Videsh, the overseas arm of the state-run explorer, will likely fall in the current financial year after rising for seven straight years due to a natural decline in fields and production cut commitments by key producers such as Russia and the UAE. ONGC Videsh produced about 15 million metric tonnes Read more

NEW DELHI: The government on Monday extended the last date of bidding for the 11 oil and gas blocks on offer in the fifth exploration bid round to June 30 in view of the COVID-19 lockdown in the country. The fifth bid round under Open Acreage Licensing Policy (OALP) opened in January and was to Read more

NEW DELHI/SINGAPORE: Indian Oil Corp (IOC), the country’s top refiner, is seeking to buy up to 24 million barrels of US oil for delivery between October 2020 and March 2021, tender documents showed, as part of its efforts to diversify supply. The move will help IOC to hedge against unpredictable pricing moves by Middle East Read more