The world’s oil demand is expected to climb by more than expected in 2023, according to OPEC, which boosted its prediction in its first upward revision in months. The organization cited China’s relaxation of COVID-19 limitations and slightly better expectations for the global economy. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) predicted on Tuesday…
Early trade on Wednesday saw a decrease in oil prices as industry data revealed a significant gain in U.S. crude stocks rather than the expected decline. This confirmed concerns about a weaker demand even as supply is becoming more constrained. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures for the United States decreased by 30 cents, or…
Oil prices rebounded from a one-year low on Friday as traders bought into severely discounted markets, but they were still headed for steep losses this week as the outlook for petroleum consumption was weakened by growing recession fears and rising interest rates. The U.S.-Canada Keystone pipeline was shut down after a spill in Kansas, but…
As the market anticipated a possible U.S. recession in 2023, crude oil futures dropped below $80 a barrel on Wednesday morning. On the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX), December crude oil futures were trading at $6,177 in the first hour of trading on Wednesday morning, up from the previous close of $6,153 by 0.39 percent, and…
The biggest oil and gas producer in India, ONGC, said on a conference call with investors that it would reverse years of production drop this year and progressively increase output going forward as it invests billions to produce from more recent discoveries. Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) produced 21.707 million tonnes of crude oil…
India’s export of goods dropped for the first time this fiscal year in October 2022, dropping 16.6% to $29.78 billion (year over year). Shipments of the most of major goods, including petroleum, gems and jewelry, engineering equipment, chemicals, textiles, and medicines, suffered. According to initial estimates issued by the commerce and industry ministry for October…
Oil prices dropped on Monday as a result of worries that expanding COVID-19 restrictions in China will reduce demand, countering indications that production at the largest U.S. shale field is slowing down. After falling 1.2% on Friday, Brent crude futures were down 36 cents, or 0.4%, to $95.41 a barrel. After closing Friday’s trading session…
On Wednesday, oil prices increased somewhat due to supply worries, but gains were limited by investor concerns that another aggressive U.S. interest rate hike might trigger a recession and reduce demand for gasoline. Brent crude futures were up 11 cents, or 0.1%, to $90.73 per barrel after sliding $1.38 the day before. U.S. West Texas…
India’s import of Russian oil increased to almost 18% of its total petroleum crude imports in value terms in July. According to the commerce ministry data. India purchased Russian crude oil worth $2.88 billion in July, a slight decrease of 0.4% from the $2.89 billion figure for June. Russian oil represented 17.9% of all petroleum…
India’s crude oil production rose by 4.6% year on year to 2.6 million tonnes (mt) in May 2022. Compared with the target for the month, the output was higher by 2.4%. Progressively, the output during the first two months of FY23 raised around 2% y-o-y to 5.1 mt, while it was higher by 2.9% compared…
