Japan's crude oil imports from the United Arab Emirates amounted to 25.63 million barrels in June 2023 or 37.4 per cent of total imports, the Natural Resources and Energy Agency of Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said.
On Sunday, a ship docked at the port of Karachi with the equivalent of around 3,30,000 barrels of Russian crude oil. Next week, a different vessel with a little bit more oil is anticipated. Shehbaz Sharif, the prime minister of Pakistan, referred to the imports as transformative for the nati
India has reduced customs duty on imports of refined soyabean oil and refined sunflower oil to 12.5 per cent from 17.5 per cent, according to an official notification.
E20 blending in petrol was introduced in the country by the government of India with the aim of reducing the country's oil import cost, energy security, lower carbon emission, and better air quality, among others.
On September 2, G7 Finance Ministers initiated a price cap on Russian-origin crude oil and petroleum products to be implemented by each coalition member in the wake of Russia-Ukraine war
The profitability of the Indian oil marketing companies (OMCs) has increased as retail selling prices of petroleum products have "remain unchanged" during six months in 2022.
In an exclusive interaction with ANI, OPEC Secretary General Haitham Al Ghais said that reduced oil import by India with OPEC countries doesn't affect the relationship between OPEC+ countries and India.
India, the world's third-biggest oil importer buys over 85 per cent of its oil needs from overseas. Indian refiners are investing billions of dollars to upgrade their plants to meet rising fuel demand in Asia's third-largest economy.
The merchandise imports from Russia increased from USD 6.58 billion in April-December 2021 to USD 32.88 billion in April-December 2022, which is an increase of 399.73 per cent, according to sources from the ministry of commerce and industry.
Overall, the import of vegetable oils, including edible oils, during December 2022 is reported at 1.56 million tonne compared to 1.22 million tonnes in the same month of 2021, which is an increase of about 28 per cent.