India’s crude oil imports from Russia saw a marginal decline in September, but continued to account for over one-third of the country’s total oil purchases, despite US pressure to curb the trade over concerns that it supports Moscow’s war effort in Ukraine. India’s crude imports in September were around 4.7 million barrels per day, up […]
Continue Reading... No Comments.Shipments of crude oil from the US to India dropped by an average of 40 per cent in August and September—coinciding with US President Donald Trump ratcheting up pressure on India—from July levels. Senior industry officials told Business Standard that when it comes to oil and gas, “economics trumps politics”. Imports of LNG from the […]
Continue Reading... No Comments.India’s oil market is split, with state-run refiners retreating from Russian crude amid US pressure and narrowing discounts while private refiners are stepping up sourcing State-run refiners cut Russian crude purchases in September, signalling caution. Their imports averaged 605,000 barrels per day (bpd) — 32% below their April-August average, 22% lower than in August, and […]
Continue Reading... No Comments.India’s gas market is showing signs of strain, and the latest note from brokerage group JM Financial makes it clear why. Demand has flattened, domestic output is slipping, and expensive LNG in Asia is hurting the very companies expected to expand gas consumption. A recent report by JM Financial highlighted how elevated spot prices are […]
Continue Reading... No Comments.India’s petroleum and gas regulator has drawn up a roadmap for phased hydrogen blending in natural gas pipelines, setting safe thresholds, and benchmarking global pilot projects as reference models for domestic rollouts. According to a report prepared jointly by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board’s (PNGRB’s) Hydrogen Cell and ICF Consulting India, hydrogen blending […]
Continue Reading... No Comments.In a significant development, Union Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri has announced that natural gas has been discovered in the Andaman basin, confirming the long-held belief that the Andaman Sea is rich in natural gas. In a social media post last night, the Minister said, an ocean of energy opportunities has opened up in the […]
Continue Reading... No Comments.India is working on expanding energy imports from the US while pushing for reduced tariffs on its own exports, signalling a trade strategy that places energy security at the core of negotiations. Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal, who is currently in New York, confirmed that India expects to raise its purchases of US oil and gas. […]
Continue Reading... No Comments.Indraprastha Gas (IGL) is betting big on liquefied natural gas (LNG) as India’s next clean transport success story, drawing parallels with the transformation of compressed natural gas (CNG) over the last two decades. According to Kamal Kishor Chatiwal, Managing Director of IGL, even a modest shift from diesel to LNG in the trucking industry could […]
Continue Reading... No Comments.Indian public sector oil companies are facing a $1.4-billion question: how to repatriate their dividend income that has been piling up in Russia for over three years now? The Indian government and the companies have been attempting to find a resolution, but success has so far eluded them. While they are confident that the money […]
Continue Reading... No Comments.Public sector upstream oil giant ONGC is poised to kick off the drilling of stratigraphic wells in India’s offshore basins at the beginning of next year as part of the country’s efforts to step up the search for oil and gas to enhance energy security and cut down on imports, a senior official has confirmed. […]
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