The report further highlights a broader trend of declining overall vegetable oil imports, with the overall import volume during the five months from November 23 to March 24 reported at 5,830,115 tons. This marks a significant decrease of 17 per cent compared to the same period in the previou
India has been talking to Guyana, Suriname and Namibia regarding oil cooperation, informed Union Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Monday while asserting that there is no shortage of crude oil globally.
Amid growing security concerns in the maritime zones, the Indian Coast Guard has upgraded its security infrastructure in India's crude oil hub in the Gulf of Kutch near Jamnagar where 70 per cent of Indian crude oil imports are received and major refineries, including that of Reliance are
India imported 1.2 million tonnes of vegetable oils in January 2024, 28 per cent lower than it shipped in the same month last year at about 1.7 million tonnes, data compiled by The Solvent Extractors' Association of India (SEA) showed on Monday.
China is charting a careful path, simultaneously seeking to undermine the USA and curry favor with Arab states. Its risk-avoidance strategy can perhaps best be described as anti-Western neutrality. Approximately one million Chinese work in the Middle East, while the majority of China's oi
India, the world's third-biggest oil importer and consumer, is dependent on crude oil from various sources in the global market to meet its domestic demand.
The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, India and the Ministry of Natural Resources, Guyana, on cooperation in the hydrocarbon sector.
Ethanol blending in petrol was introduced by the Centre to reduce the country's oil import costs, increase energy security, lower carbon emissions and improve air quality.
The report emphasised that these purchases, totalling an estimated 1.95 million barrels per day (b/d), were pivotal in averting potential chaos in the crude oil market and preventing a surge in prices by approximately USD 30-USD 40 per barrel.
The import of crude oil from Russia has been suspended after more furnace oil was produced than petrol during the refining process, according to sources in the energy sector, The News International reported on Sunday.