As state-run Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (BPCL) works to expand crude procurement from non-Russian sources, India’s oil import policy is clearly being reevaluated. The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas announced on Friday that BPCL would double the amount of its FY26 contract by purchasing 12 million barrels of crude oil from Brazil’s state-owned Petrobras…
Oil prices increased by over 1% during Asian trading on Monday, with Brent Oil Futures rising 1.2% to $63.13 per barrel and West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude jumping 1.2% to $59.27 per barrel. This price surge is attributed to OPEC+’s decision to maintain output steady through the first quarter and to renewed concerns over supply…
According to data from the Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC), India’s petroleum product exports decreased 8.6% year over year to $23.2 billion between April and October of FY26 from $25.4 billion during the same period the previous year. But in terms of volume, exports stayed mostly steady at 37 million tons over that time….
In April, India exported 4.2 million tonnes of petroleum products, a 12.5% decrease in volume terms from 4.8 million tonnes in April 2024, according to data from the Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell. High-speed diesel (HSD) and aviation turbine fuel (ATF) exports had the biggest impact on the drop in petroleum product exports last month….
Indian Oil Corp (IOC), a state-owned major oil marketing firm, announced on Tuesday that it has set a capital expenditure target of Rs 33,000 crore for the upcoming fiscal year 2025–2026, compared to Rs 35,000 crore for FY25. As of December, the company’s capital expenditures for the fiscal year totaled Rs 28,000 crore. The company…
According to data from the Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell, India’s petroleum product exports increased slightly by 1.5% to 47.5 million tonnes between April and December, from 46.8 million tonnes during the same period. Motor spirit, pet coke, and fuel oil shipments were the main drivers of the increase in exports. However, shipments of petroleum…
According to data from the Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell, due to increased consumption, especially by the city gas distribution companies and the power sector, India’s natural gas import bill increased by 17% to $8.9 billion during the first seven months of the current fiscal year from $7.6 billion during the same period last year….
According to preliminary statistics provided by the Ministry of Commerce & Industry on Monday, India’s wholesale price index (WPI)- based inflation for September increased to 1.84 percent on an annual basis from a four-month low of 1.31 percent in August. WPI inflation increased to 3.36 percent in June and 2.04 percent in July. In September…
If the current decline in crude oil prices continues, it will lead to healthy marketing margins for downstream companies in the future. State-run oil marketing downstream companies posted weak earnings in the first quarter of the current fiscal after prolonged volatility in crude oil prices. Analysts expect a drop in retail prices of petrol and…
According to data from energy cargo surveillance company Vortexa, India’s petroleum product exports grew slightly by 1% to 4.9 million barrels per day in the first four months of the current fiscal year 2024–25 from 4.8 million barrels per day in the April–July period of 2023–24. However, compared to 1.22 million barrels per day in…
